Brion Vibber | 11 Oct 2006 00:57
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MediaWiki 1.8.0 released


October 10, 2006

This is the quarterly release snapshot for Fall 2006. While the code
has been running on Wikipedia for some time, installation and upgrade
bits may be less well tested. Bug fix releases may follow in the coming
days or weeks.

MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with
quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept
"ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia.

Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year
from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature development happen
will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release.

Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN

== Configuration changes ==

* $wgUseETag, to enable/disable sending of HTTP ETag headers
  (default: disabled)
* $wgLegalTitleChars now includes '+' by default for better compatibility
  with importing data dumps from Wikipedia
* $wgDefaultUserOptions now includes all default option settings instead
  of only overrides.

== Major new features ==

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Brion Vibber | 11 Oct 2006 21:18
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MediaWiki 1.8.1 released


October 11, 2006

MediaWiki 1.8.1 fixes several issues in the Fall 2006 snapshot release:

* Fix PHP notice and estimates for dumpBackup.php and friends
* Improved register_globals paranoia checks
* (bug 7545) Fix PHP version check on install
* Experimental web API disabled by default
* Disable PHP exception backtrace printing unless $wgShowExceptionDetails
  is set. Backtraces may contain sensitive information in function call
  parameters.

Full release notes:
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/tags/REL1_8_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/tags/REL1_8_1/phase3/HISTORY

Download:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wikipedia/mediawiki-1.8.1.tar.gz

MD5 checksum:
9693c36a139715c9984495cb6ebc5646  mediawiki-1.8.1.tar.gz

SHA-1 checksum:
7220b680809ca8ac8830ab1c77b2f29d12a115eb mediawiki-1.8.1.tar.gz

Before asking for help, try the FAQ:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ

Low-traffic release announcements mailing list:
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Brion Vibber | 14 Oct 2006 02:20
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MediaWiki 1.8.2 released


October 13, 2006

MediaWiki 1.8.2 fixes several issues in the Fall 2006 snapshot release:

* (bug 7565) Fixed typos in German localisation
* (bug 7562) Fix non-ASCII namespaces on Windows/XAMPP servers

Full release notes:
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/tags/REL1_8_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/tags/REL1_8_2/phase3/HISTORY

Download:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wikipedia/mediawiki-1.8.2.tar.gz

MD5 checksum:
79113e7ea8d7e7c5437e633259af4a11  mediawiki-1.8.2.tar.gz

SHA-1 checksum:
d04c9d4c297c7707462626d88cf04d190bd9772b mediawiki-1.8.2.tar.gz

Before asking for help, try the FAQ:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ

Low-traffic release announcements mailing list:
(Please subscribe to receive announcements of security updates.)
http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce

Wiki admin help mailing list:
http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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Brion Vibber | 11 Oct 2006 00:57
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MediaWiki 1.8.0 released


October 10, 2006

This is the quarterly release snapshot for Fall 2006. While the code
has been running on Wikipedia for some time, installation and upgrade
bits may be less well tested. Bug fix releases may follow in the coming
days or weeks.

MediaWiki is now using a "continuous integration" development model with
quarterly snapshot releases. The latest development code is always kept
"ready to run", and in fact runs our own sites on Wikipedia.

Release branches will continue to receive security updates for about a year
from first release, but nonessential bugfixes and feature development happen
will be made on the development trunk and appear in the next quarterly release.

Those wishing to use the latest code instead of a branch release can obtain
it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN

== Configuration changes ==

* $wgUseETag, to enable/disable sending of HTTP ETag headers
  (default: disabled)
* $wgLegalTitleChars now includes '+' by default for better compatibility
  with importing data dumps from Wikipedia
* $wgDefaultUserOptions now includes all default option settings instead
  of only overrides.

== Major new features ==

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Brion Vibber | 14 Oct 2006 02:20
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MediaWiki 1.8.2 released


October 13, 2006

MediaWiki 1.8.2 fixes several issues in the Fall 2006 snapshot release:

* (bug 7565) Fixed typos in German localisation
* (bug 7562) Fix non-ASCII namespaces on Windows/XAMPP servers

Full release notes:
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/tags/REL1_8_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/tags/REL1_8_2/phase3/HISTORY

Download:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wikipedia/mediawiki-1.8.2.tar.gz

MD5 checksum:
79113e7ea8d7e7c5437e633259af4a11  mediawiki-1.8.2.tar.gz

SHA-1 checksum:
d04c9d4c297c7707462626d88cf04d190bd9772b mediawiki-1.8.2.tar.gz

Before asking for help, try the FAQ:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ

Low-traffic release announcements mailing list:
(Please subscribe to receive announcements of security updates.)
http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce

Wiki admin help mailing list:
http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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