User:Iritscen/WikiFuture

Below are any notable changes that we should look forward to, or watch out for, if upgrading MediaWiki (besides various security fixes). Source: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes

Oldest version of MediaWiki still supported as of June 2017: 1.27. Source: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle

You can browse each version of the MW code here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/source/mediawiki/branches/master/

1.26

• First release was in Nov. 2015.
• 1.26 has several database changes since 1.25, and will not work without schema updates.
• Requirements remain the same as for 1.25.
• The "Signature" button on the edit toolbar is now hidden by default in non-talk namespaces. A new configuration variable, $wgExtraSignatureNamespaces, controls in which subject (non-talk) namespaces the "Signature" button on the edit toolbar will be displayed.

1.27

• First release was in Jun. 2016.
• 1.27 has several database changes since 1.26, and will not work without schema updates.
• MediaWiki now requires PHP 5.5.9 and MySQL 5.0.3 instead of 5.0.2.
• Many changes to the authentication process have been made, which may affect our third-party extension ConfirmAccount.

1.28

These changes are listed through 1.28.2.

• First release was in Nov. 2016.
• 1.28 has several database changes since 1.27, and will not work without schema updates.
• Numeric sorting in categories is now supported.