MediaWiki 1.24/wmf8

Deployment of MediaWiki 1.24wmf8 to Wikimedia sites

The latest version (labeled "1.24wmf8") of MediaWiki, the software that powers Wikipedia and its sister sites, is being deployed to all Wikimedia sites in stages, starting on Thursday, 05 June 2014 (see the roadmap).

Core changes

git #2cee6bf0 - Updated JsonConfig, ZeroBanner, ZeroPortal to latest
git #65c8c5cf - MobileFrontend: grab https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/140178/
git #528002bc - Update Cirrus to fix Special:Random (bug 66643)
git #1323265f - MobileFrontend: grab https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/139562/
git #edaa34df - Update Wikidata to fix ValueView's jQuery.ui.suggester
git #2f389fc5 - Update Wikidata to fix JS errors
git #d3aa6a9c - Update VisualEditor for cherry-pick of I7d2f2f28a7
git #5b7abb38 - Submodule bump for SWAT
git #1b641514 - Update WikimediaEvents for Ibd36da416
git #1f2cde1d - 5 (bug 6655)
git #93367e3e - Updating ZeroBanner & ZeroPortal exts
git #e11d41dd - Soften test for incomplete edit POST
git #832516fe - Updating CentralNotice for GeoIP cookies and mixins
git #8ab5d6dd - Update MediaViewer
git #741670fe - Updating JsonConfig ext
git #1c20af7d - Update MultimediaViewer
git #7ae1b179 - Added ZeroBanner, ZeroPortal, and JsonConfig extensions
git #b760de5b - Vector: Hide the superfluous "Variants" menu label again (bug 66364)
git #c56a1680 - Vector: Restore old focus animation on the "More" dropdown (bug 66363)
git #326787b3 - Update Wikidata, fix for entity search selecting with mouse
git #bd90fbe1 - MobileApp: cherrypick https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/137930/
git #9af74af8 - Update Wikidata, fixes for entity suggester
git #84808ef6 - Update VisualEditor to I903d2892 and I82f624fa
git #256d352d - Load previous tags in ChangeTags::addTags() from DB_MASTER
git #a6a0c01d - Add Nostalgia skin "extension"
git #30777b71 - Update Translate
git #f59e6179 - 1 (bug 6614)
git #77f9979e - Update OOjs UI to v0.1.0-pre (cbc62ac803)
git #06116453 - Made executeReadyPeriodicTasks avoid using merge() when not needed
git #a7597464 - Track the types of queues in the redis queue aggregator
git #94cbdf34 - SpecialPage: Remove wfSpecial* call syntax
git #81e74e8d - Installer: Simplify css request
git #72638716 - Installer: Disable broken CACHE_DB after backend is disabled
git #12c76c13 - Add ParserOutput::unsetProperty, add tests
git #c396f11a - Add wl_user_notificationtimestamp index (bug 65246)
git #c0b0a12e - RCFeed: Use named types instead of exposing internal MW constant
git #32e95ead - Vector: Label the more actions menu "More", not "Actions" (bug 44591)
git #584dd753 - Grunt: Clean up outdated information
git #6a7498bf - Add SpecialPage::getConfig
git #dece73df - ParserTests: fix `bits` column in uploaded images for test cases.
git #67a377e3 - Deprecate Language::getLangObj()
git #fd718959 - Copy various random files used by tests to tests/phpunit/data
git #8e41082a - Disable jQuery Migrate by default (enable via $wgIncludejQueryMigrate) (bug 44740)
git #e684a217 - Restructure output of ApiExpandTemplates
git #d5727370 - Add global limit to PoolCounter (bug 65691)
git #34cb13e6 - Renamed $ipSet static variable in IP to something better
git #da4442cd - Fix documentation for Title::getCascadeProtectionSources and others
git #480ce1e7 - Remove redundant filter for negative namespace ids in search preferences
git #82ccc173 - Don't double-parse edit summaries
git #fa529fb2 - Update OOjs UI to v0.1.0-pre (6379e76bf5)
git #f7846550 - Update OOjs UI to v0.1.0-pre (527ad0ee5a)
git #544a8353 - Documentation for page_props getter in ParserOutput
git #4c2c2ef0 - Make "mini" the default alias for "thumb" in German
git #4ea2e06d - Add 'X-Robots-Tag: noindex' header in action=render pages (bug 63891)
git #02e55fa2 - Add some SVG element namespaces
git #b43ac16f - Remove use of strencode() outside Database classes
git #171f557f - Sync up with Parsoid parserTests.
git #5d8fd152 - Correct doc of WikiImporter::__construct parameter
git #4ba7a9c1 - Revert "Use square bounding boxes for default-sized thumbnails"
git #1875b36b - Vector: Fix conflicts of "Actions" dropdown with collapsibleTabs (bug 44591)
git #3385d6d1 - Make convertUserOptions.php more self-contained (bug 63677)
git #40282be4 - doc: Fix DefaultSettings's assertions about possible extension types
git #dcc9d4a3 - Remove 'SpecialVersionExtensionTypes' hook, deprecated in 1.17.
git #5947cc9c - Release notes for I09c8031c
git #23374229 - Vector: Show a label next to the actions dropdown menu (bug 44591)
git #6ecd21a5 - Remove mediawiki.toc dependency on mediawiki.util
git #0f660944 - Drop support for old skins that don't use head element
git #8a181710 - Change message escaping on ImagePage
git #3938307e - Avoid using raw sql in SpecialUndelete.php
git #06fbcce9 - Update OOjs UI to v0.1.0-pre (dd888aba5c)
git #96c5cd8d - Removed clumsy unused IP::toUnsigned() method
git #db219df6 - Update OOjs UI to v0.1.0-pre (0f101c6f5d)
git #6f745f8f - Update OOjs UI to v0.1.0-pre (469d40c88f)
git #5dc4dc09 - Save advanced search namespace prefs on Special:Search itself (bug 52817)
git #c699000a - Fixed fatal in SwiftFileBackend when a bogus HTTP status is given
git #e658bf04 - Add category output to ApiExpandTemplates
git #d18ba4e9 - Add PPFrame::isVolatile and PPFrame::setVolatile (bug 46815, bug 31834)
git #7a63ae79 - Release notes for Ie32cc54a
git #72ecbfc1 - PostgreSQL: Only rollback when in a transaction (bug 58095)
git #25f051d2 - mediawiki.special.unwatchedPages: Use closest() instead of parents()
git #2094e578 - Restrict empty-frame cache entries to their parent
git #52fd3a0e - PostgreSQL: Support table prefixes
git #60e65d8d - Made TransactionProfiler handle interlaced transactions better
git #5817710e - Hide toc caption on print when collapsed (bug 482)
git #bb22fa7a - SECURITY: Don't parse usernames as wikitext (bug 65501)
git #b9e1d5f5 - Add hash_equals() fallback and use it
git #1a04fb81 - jquery.suggestions: Handle CSS ellipsis better for IE (bug 65224)
git #10b6c22c - Add jMY to Arab date formats ($datePreferences) (bug 65245)
git #d6b6f54c - Reduce some code duplication
git #2521f8b5 - Deprecate dangerous edittime-based content update functions (bug 56849)
git #262a7e2d - Correct field used to detect incomplete POST
git #287ba2bb - editintro given a css class of its own (bug 30959)
git #1ab85aae - Include edit summary in permalink
git #4c4d3051 - Don't use isset() to check for null
git #34d4901f - Allow adding Deleted log entries (bug 63650)

Extensions

AbuseFilter

git #3b7cae19 - Fix ccnorm() function -- strtr fails on empty key

CirrusSearch

git #fe50a83f - Fix some Special:Random bugs (bug 66643)
git #35d6cb06 - Begin indexing unexpanded text forms (bug 60487)
git #104daeac - Strip .catlinks entirely, don't store in auxiliary_text
git #dcf42d4e - Do the right thing with gendered namespaces (bug 32634)
git #2b05ff6b - Power Special:Random from Elasticsearch (bug 65366)
git #6783f763 - Handle deleted redirects properly (bug 65638)
git #f2c68601 - Remove for a feature no longer in mediawiki
git #07dd2a24 - Add max retry for all updates

Collection

git #bcb045c6 - Use [title!=''] instead of [title!=] to make jQuery happy (bug 65562)

CommonsMetadata

git #6b330e14 - Avoid trying to sort licenses when there are none (bug 65958)
git #e1008985 - Handle id="fileinfotpl_credit" and class="licensetpl_attr" (bug 57460)
git #01eca938 - Remove old template parser
git #467878e4 - Add unit tests for HookHandler

Echo

git #e205992d - Remove unused code and fix missing/broken documentation
git #0656e759 - Avoid line break in the "All notifications" footer link (bug 57327)

EventLogging

git #238c8aee - Minor comment fix

FeaturedFeeds

git #14c28d0b - Add Word of the day for Wiktionary

FlaggedRevs

git #60c74d3f - Fixed type hint

Flow

git #def07b3c - Flow: notification exceptions: urlGenerator->workflowLink() (bug 66060)
git #85a2b9bd - Fix broken diff links from history/watchlist page (bug 65814)
git #6fd02e7a - Should not try to parse reference from topic title (bug 65570)
git #d4d7ba0d - Ignore expected exceptions in WhatLinksHere (bug 65915)
git #9dc0b19e - Show title of closed topics
git #e16685b2 - Don't be too strict when resolving the DB data (bug 65802)
git #3224ac2c - Make sure cache key is always the same
git #884dfa2f - Feed only array type to array_merge() (bug 65963)
git #53c7dac5 - Error message should be parsed (bug 65920)
git #5e48ac80 - Be more forgiving in maintenance script
git #77bfb9f0 - Run SpamRegexTest by default

GWToolset

git #2c9a7568 - Max title length (bug 65323)

GettingStarted

git #401f94fe - Use the lightweight tour launcher (bug 65734)

GuidedTour

git #c683bf64 - Add a lightweight launcher for guided tours (bug 65734)
git #45fc648b - animations: Pass fill-mode as argument instead of creating a mixin
git #33900af5 - Add animation to guiders (bug 55771)
git #38a34947 - Move images into subfolders in anticipation of icon buttons

JsonConfig

git #299e9774 - Fixed param type documentation
git #6d8306bc - Refactoring cleanup
git #79fb1a64 - Allow validator chaining, added URL validator
git #4772ba95 - Code cleanup
git #4c713a0a - Handle objects in default view, renamed getSettings
git #ff018b2e - Fixing patch 139198

Math

git #1bb3bfa3 - Introduce variables required for mathoid
git #4ca287b4 - Improve MathML error handling

MobileApp

git #062cbe61 - Apply Mobile App edit tag only to edits
git #b483f780 - Move editlinks to a separate less file & include it for iOS
git #0db57d70 - Add hack for missing enwiki specific styles
git #c50191e9 - Ensure that overrides come after the common styles
git #3ff54263 - Complete moving android specific styles to android.less
git #373540c8 - Create separate iOS and Android bundles
git #009e8e3a - Hide edit buttons on the main page

MobileFrontend

git #54d9a41b - Hide page actions on main page
git #d09c136c - Tablet styling tweaks (bug 65201)
git #9537e565 - Tag mobile web edits more explicitly
git #7d76cd0d - Allow blocked users to edit their own user talk page (bug 65457)
git #378c60f5 - Hygiene: Moved prepare Search to Template
git #da411d8e - Check first if PasswordChange is available (bug 63460)
git #e3763d6d - Ensure developers can use `make phplint`
git #f56c8af5 - Generate PHPDoc via Makefile (bug 64398)
git #93c0d640 - Revert "Fixing thumbnail sizing in search overlay" (bug 65997)
git #63ec5c2d - QA: Make page loading test run again
git #e490baf8 - Update editor switcher icons and fix CSS
git #4bedf78f - Hygiene: Put test in right place
git #86e9e194 - updateMobileUrlHost bugfix in case pattern doesn't match
git #28b5084a - Allow customization of page action buttons (bug 63458)
git #b0b45159 - Declare toggling toc dependency (bug 65838)
git #90f96cf2 - Open sections by default on tablets (beta to stable)
git #f9983396 - Push table of contents to stable
git #24684f49 - Promoting mobile typography changes from beta to stable

MultimediaViewer

git #2fffc91b - Show Commons link to logged out users
git #96eeb215 - Use Repo.isCommons() for deciding whether an image is from Commons
git #f8986107 - Toggle metadata panel on up/down keypress
git #06c17759 - Use original URL when setting download for original
git #1ac9c6e3 - Add "zoom" but really just view-file
git #c34e80a1 - Fix the share/download patch
git #ff527cd0 - Support shared DB version of Commons definition

OAuth

git #f92b031d - Fix typo

Popups

git #d1ddb950 - Flip the animation direction if the Hovercard is flipped
git #a5224208 - animation: Add fade animations from other directions
git #dd309071 - animation: Correctly name the animation classes

TemplateData

git #9a7f8de4 - Block object descriptions from edit (bug 60089)
git #64a39ae4 - Add a grunt checker for jshint, jscs, csslint, and banana and pass them

TemplateSandbox

git #16197067 - Properly handle preview when creating a template (bug 66141)

Thanks

git #0e0ef33e - Bind Flow Thank click detection to .flow-container (bug 63205)

TimedMediaHandler

git #fa36010c - Output ogg metadata on image description page. (bug 47487)
git #d25483c8 - Modify Ogg handler to keep metadata comments in utf8

Translate

git #483da2f4 - Enable Special:PageMigration by default for translation admins
git #852f1d6d - Make Special:PageMigration display name more terminology specific
git #69bed738 - Error messages for Special:PageMigration (bug 65933)
git #6ff0b5b0 - QUnit tests for Special:PageMigration (bug 65737)
git #4a5dfb6b - Update version for MLEB release.
git #68d2f92b - Added title for Special:PageMigration
git #954c349f - ID and class names fixed for Special:PageMigration with mw-tpm-sp prefix (bug 65736, bug 65898)

UniversalLanguageSelector

git #1a2f38c6 - Update version for MLEB release.

VisualEditor

git #3bc2fc23 - Update submodule for cherry-pick of I7d2f2f28a7
git #a37f6111 - Fixing issues in the alignment select in Media Edit dialog (bug 65916, bug 66291)
git #b1e9d7fe - Move save panel init to getReadyProcess
git #8ca025be - Update image size after changing type (bug 65886)
git #4355ea4f - Followup to small SVG default size (bug 62893)
git #bc0049bc - Change padding on media search results so we can display 4 results on a row with a scrollbar (bug 64911)
git #da539890 - Don't allow inserting blank citations (bug 64715)
git #652136d7 - Add tabindexes to template editor and required attribute where appropriate (bug 65474)
git #72f3c780 - Check last existing category for whether or not we're trying to re-add it (bug 66105)
git #0c60733e - Grunt: Clean up
git #cb35312c - Use subpage only for media search string (bug 51290)
git #a3d51c03 - Bump the MW required version to 1.24wmf6
git #7f5acf6a - Gallery editor: Fix 'inpsector' typo to 'inspector'
git #6e096fca - Small SVG images should still adhere to default thumb size (bug 62893)
git #74a20b8e - Adjust default alignment when switching from inline to block (bug 65564)
git #390d8ca7 - Fix reference dialog apply button disabling when modifying existing reference
git #172ebb83 - Remove link node inspector from insert menu (bug 66047)
git #fef33d30 - Add use existing reference to toolbar on mobile
git #f58861b6 - Cleanup save dialog counter label
git #c27d62d1 - Use <visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label> correctly in the Media and Reference toolbars (bug 66039)
git #1b6f55e0 - [BrowserTest] Link UI text changed
git #e59b1e7f - Use promises for confirmation dialog instead of done event
git #d7ca1604 - Clean up interaction with confirmation dialog (bug 65571)
git #2122ccb6 - Cleanup createSurface methods
git #96bcc2dc - "Use an existing reference" in the reference dialog should be disabled when there is content (bug 65689)
git #d43db7f1 - Trim description when working out whether or not we should disable the info button (bug 65862)
git #b10d3008 - On category pages, only replace category description when saving (bug 64239)
git #26a5d50b - [BrowserTest] updates for new bullets/indent UI
git #837eea32 - Fix beta warning appearing for some users that it shouldn't. (bug 65821)

WikiEditor

git #8f4ee751 - Updated documentation in WikiEditor.php

Wikidata

git #112e2c1b - Update ValueView to 0.6.2 to fix a suggester bug
git #97989668 - Update Wikibase to fix JS errors
git #09bd0650 - New deployment build, fix for entity search select by mouse
git #551ad078 - New deployment build, entity suggester bug fixes
git #9cc9b594 - to trigger jenkins

WikimediaEvents

git #1b7ee346 - Add EditConflict event
git #f6732bbb - deprecate.js: Remove mediawiki.inspect dependency

ZeroBanner

git #2930c1f8 - allow img qty reduction to run on labs
git #4de46f0c - Lower quality image src rewrite for configured carriers
git #15ed6b50 - Refactoring - matching name changes in JsonConfig
git #31f946ab - Minor code cleanup - removed cached validator vars
git #30d7f657 - fixed banner closing box layout

ZeroPortal

git #04eb3356 - Added type=analyticsconfig to action=zeroportal
git #1a91ba39 - Removed unneded class variable, minor cleanup
git #4490856f - Updating refactoring in JsonConfig