RELEASE-NOTES-1.44

= MediaWiki 1.44 =

== MediaWiki 1.44.0-PRERELEASE ==

THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET

MediaWiki 1.44 is an alpha-quality development branch, and is not recommended
for use in production.

== Upgrading notes for 1.44 ==
Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!

See the file UPGRADE for more detailed per-version upgrade instructions from the
oldest supported upgrading version, MediaWiki 1.35.

Some specific notes for MediaWiki 1.44 upgrades are below:

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For notes on 1.43.x and older releases, see HISTORY.

=== Configuration changes for system administrators in 1.44 ===

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==== New configuration ====

* (T377829) $wgAutopromoteOnceRCExcludedGroups - Defaults to an empty list, can
  be used to define a denylist of user group names. One-shot autopromotions
  into these groups will never result in an RC entry, even if
  $wgAutopromoteOnceLogInRC is true, as long as they were the only new groups
  the user was autopromoted into.
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==== Changed configuration ====

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==== Removed configuration ====

* wgResourceLoaderUseObjectCacheForDeps, deprecated in 1.43, has been removed.
  It is now always enabled (T343492).
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=== New user-facing features in 1.44 ===

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=== New features for sysadmins in 1.44 ===

* (T267477) Users with rename userright can now rename themselves through
  [[Special:RenameUser]].
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=== New developer features in 1.44 ===

* The AuthenticationAttemptThrottled hook was added.
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=== External library changes in 1.44 ===

==== New external libraries ====

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===== New development-only external libraries =====

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==== Changed external libraries ====

* Updated codex, codex-design-tokens and codex-icons
  from v1.14.0 to v1.15.0.
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===== Changed development-only external libraries =====

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==== Removed external libraries ====

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=== Bug fixes in 1.44 ===

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=== Action API changes in 1.44 ===

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=== Action API internal changes in 1.44 ===

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=== Languages updated in 1.44 ===
MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages
because of Phabricator reports.

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=== Breaking changes in 1.44 ===

* The methods MessageValue::objectParams(), Message::objectParams()
  and Message::objectParam(), deprecated in 1.43, have been removed.
* The UserGroupMembershipParam class, deprecated in 1.43, has been removed.
* The ParamType::OBJECT constant, deprecated in 1.43, has been removed.
* The MediaWiki\Message\Converter class, deprecated in 1.43, has been removed.
  Use MessageValue::newFromSpecifier or Message::newFromSpecifier
  instead (T358779).
* The ParsoidOutputAccess class marked @unstable from creation and
  deprecated with all of its methods in 1.43, has been removed.
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=== Deprecations in 1.44 ===

* Various static methods on ChangeTags, deprecated since 1.41, each now emit
  deprecation warnings. Use service access to the ChangeTagsStore instead:
  addTags(), defineTag(), deleteTagEverywhere(), getDisplayTableName(),
  getSoftwareTags(), getTags(), getTagsWithData(), listDefinedTags(),
  listExplicitlyDefinedTags(), listSoftwareActivatedTags(),
  listSoftwareDefinedTags(), makeTagSummarySubquery(), modifyDisplayQuery(),
  purgeTagCacheAll(), tagUsageStatistics(), and updateTags().
* PageUpdater::setUsePageCreationLog() is deprecated and emitting warnings.
  Use setFlags( EDIT_SUPPRESS_RC ) instead.
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=== Other changes in 1.44 ===
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== Compatibility ==

MediaWiki 1.44 requires PHP 8.1.0 or later and the following PHP extensions:

* ctype
* dom
* fileinfo
* iconv
* intl
* json
* mbstring
* xml

MariaDB is the recommended database software. MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite can
be used instead, but support for them is somewhat less mature.

The supported versions are:

* MariaDB 10.3 or higher
* MySQL 5.7.0 or higher
* PostgreSQL 10 or later
* SQLite 3.8.0 or later

== Online documentation ==
Documentation for both end-users and site administrators is available on
MediaWiki.org, and is covered under the GNU Free Documentation License (except
for pages that explicitly state that their contents are in the public domain):

  <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation>

== Mailing list ==
A mailing list is available for MediaWiki user support and discussion:

  <https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-l.lists.wikimedia.org/>

A low-traffic announcements-only list is also available:

  <https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/>

It's highly recommended that you sign up for one of these lists if you're
going to run a public MediaWiki, so you can be notified of security fixes.

== IRC help ==
There's usually someone online in #mediawiki on irc.libera.chat.