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This is a *BETA RELEASE* of MediaWiki 1.3.0, after a couple weeks of testing and tweaking on Wikipedia. Things mostly work at this point, but installation and upgrade paths may be awkward or broken on some systems.

Please read the release notes for details of what's changed and how to upgrade. (Beta1 was not released as a package, but was available from CVS.)

The easiest upgrade path from a 1.2 MediaWiki install is to set up the 1.3 wiki in a fresh directory, run the web-based installer, and point it at the same database. BACK UP YOUR DATABASE FIRST! Upgrading the database may take a while, or may fail on some systems.... read more

This will likely be the last release in the 1.2.x series, as we work on finishing up 1.3.0. MediaWiki is the collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and other projects. It's designed to handle a large number of users and pages without imposing too rigid a structure or workflow.

Changes since 1.2.5:
* Spam blocker ($wgSpamRegex - refuses to save edits that match)
* Updated documentation about $wgWhitelistRead
* Ensure that searchindex table is created as MyISAM
* Interwiki cache timeout (memcached)
* Fix uploads on Windows with magic_quotes_gpc
* Some config fixes for Windows (slashes etc)
* Local interwiki URL redirects
* Fixed obscure deletion problem in squid mode on corrupt entries
* Language files updated to remove more hard-coded "Wikipedia" strings... read more

MediaWiki is the collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and other projects. It's designed to handle a large number of users and pages without imposing too rigid a structure or workflow.

Changes since 1.2.4:
* Fixed install problem with blank root password
* Fixed Special:Emailuser/Username links
* Fixed main-page edit links on fuzzy search results
* Fixed wikipedia-interwiki.sql
* Fixed install with apache2filter (ugly URLs)
* IP in 'go' search brings up contributions
* Switch from broken & to ? on top-level wiki URL hack
* Fix for moved pages in enhanced Recentchanges
* Initial main page on new installs links to the online documentation... read more

Changes since 1.2.2:
* Fixed an in-place install bug with non-root MySQL user
* Fixed history diff checkboxes bug on titles with ampersands
* Fixed printable link bug on special pages with parameters
* Fixed bug that broke IP blocking w/o memcached
* Turns off E_NOTICE warnings if PHP settings have them on
(you can grope in and turn this off if you like to debug)

There are no database format changes. The proxy blocker hasn't yet been merged, I'll try to get that in sometime...... read more

Installation, compatibility, security fixlets vs 1.2.0:
* Detect use of PHP as CGI and disable index.php/Title URLs
* Try to auto-create math tmp & output directories if not present
* Disable Asksql in default install ($wgAllowSysopQueries)
* Better handling of get_magic_quotes_gpc (apostrophe problems)
* French localisation no longer hard-codes "Wikipedia" name

Release notes: https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=226962
Download: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wikipedia/mediawiki-1.2.1.tar.gz?download

A third release candidate of MediaWiki 1.2.0 is now available for download. This release adds compatibility with register_globals = off, support for more somewhat attractive URLs without a mod_rewrite setup, and bug fixes to the installer and elsewhere.

MediaWiki 1.2.0 includes improved inline image and thumbnailing support, smoother account management, and a number of interface tweaks as well as numerous bug fixes and backend features (squid cache purging, authenticated SMTP, tighter upload security, PHP5 compatibility). Also fixes an incompatibility with MySQL 3.2.x in the default install that cropped up in 1.1. MediaWiki is the collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and other projects. It's designed to handle a large number of users and pages without imposing too rigid a structure or workflow.... read more

Release candidate 2 of MediaWiki 1.2.0 has been released.

Since the first release candidate, an in-place web-based install script has been added. While still a bit experimental and incomplete, it makes it much easier to get a new wiki started, particularly where shell access isn't available for the old command-line installer.

MediaWiki 1.2.0 includes improved inline image and thumbnailing support, smoother account management, and a number of interface tweaks as well as numerous bug fixes and backend features (squid cache purging, authenticated SMTP, tighter upload security, PHP5 compatibility). Also fixes an incompatibility with MySQL 3.2.x in the default install that cropped up in 1.1. MediaWiki is the collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and other projects. It's designed to handle a large number of users and pages without imposing too rigid a structure or workflow.... read more

Release candidate 1 of MediaWiki 1.2.0 has been released. This release includes improved inline image and thumbnailing support, smoother account management, and a number of interface tweaks as well as numerous bug fixes and backend features (squid cache purging, authenticated SMTP, tighter upload security, better PHP compatibility). Also fixes an incompatibility with MySQL 3.2.x in the default install that cropped up in 1.1. MediaWiki is the collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and other projects. It's designed to handle a large number of users and pages without imposing too rigid a structure or workflow.... read more

Various minor bug fixes and an important security fix for the default install layout; all users are strongly encouraged to upgrade.

We are running the latest code at http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/fpw/wiki.phtml
and need more people to figure out what needs improvement and how.

Wikipedia is transitioning to PHP / MySQL, and has a number of small bugs that with enough eyeballs, will be simple to track down. There are also some features not implimented, and people who have worked on PHP and MySQL are needed to look at what exists and provide implementations. see it at http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/fpw/wiki.phtml

On the project homepage there is also a need for regular people to look at the data, and edit it for grammar and content.