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	~~<span id="whats-new~~-in-~~1.5"></span~~>		== What's new in 1.5? ==
	== ~~<span class="mw-headline">~~ What's new in 1.5? ~~</span>~~ ==

	Schema:		Schema:
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	Unfortunately this does mean upgrading a wiki of size from 1.4 will require		Unfortunately this does mean upgrading a wiki of size from 1.4 will require
	some downtime for the schema restructuring, but future storage backend		some downtime for the schema restructuring, but future storage backend
	changes should be able to integrate into the new system more easily.</pre>		changes should be able to integrate into the new system more easily.
			</pre>

	Permalinks:		Permalinks:

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	immediately, and the id numbers are now preserved across deletion/undeletion.		immediately, and the id numbers are now preserved across deletion/undeletion.
	A permanent reference to the current revision of a page is now just a matter		A permanent reference to the current revision of a page is now just a matter
	of going to the 'history' tab and copying the first link in the list.</pre>		of going to the 'history' tab and copying the first link in the list.
			</pre>

	Page move log:		Page move log:

	<pre> Renames of pages are now recorded in Special:Log and the page history.		<pre> Renames of pages are now recorded in Special:Log and the page history.
	A handy revert link is available from the log for sysops.</pre>		A handy revert link is available from the log for sysops.
			</pre>

	Editing diff:		Editing diff:

	<pre> Ever lost track of what you'd done so far during an edit? A 'Show changes'		<pre> Ever lost track of what you'd done so far during an edit? A 'Show changes'
	button on the edit page now makes it easy to remember.</pre>		button on the edit page now makes it easy to remember.
			</pre>

	Uploads:		Uploads:

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	If .svg files are added to the upload whitelist, you can choose to render		If .svg files are added to the upload whitelist, you can choose to render
	them to rasterized .png images for inline display using one of several		them to rasterized .png images for inline display using one of several
	external helper programs. See DefaultSettings.php for SVG options.</pre>		external helper programs. See DefaultSettings.php for SVG options.
			</pre>

	User accounts:		User accounts:

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	accessible to certain groups.		accessible to certain groups.

	For details see: ~~[[Help:User rights\|~~http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:User_rights]]</pre>		For details see: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:User_rights
			</pre>

	E-mail:		E-mail:

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	Updates to user talk pages and watchlist entries can optionally send e-mail		Updates to user talk pages and watchlist entries can optionally send e-mail
	notifications.</pre>		notifications.
			</pre>

	External hooks:		External hooks:

	<pre> A somewhat experimental interface for hooking in an external editor		<pre> A somewhat experimental interface for hooking in an external editor
	application is included.</pre>		application is included.
			</pre>

	And...		And...

	<pre> A bunch of stuff we forgot to mention.</pre>		<pre> A bunch of stuff we forgot to mention.
	~~<span id="whats-gone"></span>~~		</pre>
	== ~~<span class="mw-headline">~~ What's gone? ~~</span>~~ ==
			== What's gone? ==

	Latin-1:		Latin-1:
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	You can check if your current wiki is in Latin-1 mode by using your browser's		You can check if your current wiki is in Latin-1 mode by using your browser's
	~~"~~view source~~"~~; look for a line like this:		"view source"; look for a line like this:

	~~<~~meta http-equiv=~~"~~Content-Type~~"~~ content=~~"~~text/html; charset=utf-8~~"~~ /~~>~~		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

	If it says charset=utf-8, you're ready. If it says charset=iso8859-1,		If it says charset=utf-8, you're ready. If it says charset=iso8859-1,
	you may need to convert your data. (English-language wikis avoiding		you may need to convert your data. (English-language wikis avoiding
	any accented characters may be able to get away without conversion.)</pre>		any accented characters may be able to get away without conversion.)
			</pre>

	MySQL 3.x:		MySQL 3.x:

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	MediaWiki 1.5 may still run on 3.x, but wikis of non-trivial size should		MediaWiki 1.5 may still run on 3.x, but wikis of non-trivial size should
	very seriously consider upgrading to a more modern release. MySQL 3.x support		very seriously consider upgrading to a more modern release. MySQL 3.x support
	will probably be entirely dropped in the next major release.</pre>		will probably be entirely dropped in the next major release.
			</pre>

	Special:Maintenance		Special:Maintenance

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	page has been removed; insofar as some of its pieces were useful and haven't		page has been removed; insofar as some of its pieces were useful and haven't
	already been supplanted by other special pages they should be rewritten in		already been supplanted by other special pages they should be rewritten in
	an efficient and safe manner in the future.</pre>		an efficient and safe manner in the future.
	~~<div id="catlinks" class="catlinks">~~		</pre>
			[[Category:Upgrades]]
	~~<div id="mw-normal-catlinks">~~

	~~[/wiki/Special:Categories Category]: <span dir="ltr">~~[[Category:~~Upgrades\|~~Upgrades]]~~</span>~~

	~~</div>~~

	~~</div>~~

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New page

<span id="whats-new-in-1.5"></span>
== <span class="mw-headline"> What's new in 1.5? </span> ==

Schema:

<pre> The core table schema has changed significantly. This should make better
use of the database's cache and disk I/O, and make significantly speed up
rename and delete operations on pages with very long edit histories.

Unfortunately this does mean upgrading a wiki of size from 1.4 will require
some downtime for the schema restructuring, but future storage backend
changes should be able to integrate into the new system more easily.</pre>
Permalinks:

<pre> The current revision of a page now has a permanent 'oldid' number assigned
immediately, and the id numbers are now preserved across deletion/undeletion.
A permanent reference to the current revision of a page is now just a matter
of going to the 'history' tab and copying the first link in the list.</pre>
Page move log:

<pre> Renames of pages are now recorded in Special:Log and the page history.
A handy revert link is available from the log for sysops.</pre>
Editing diff:

<pre> Ever lost track of what you'd done so far during an edit? A 'Show changes'
button on the edit page now makes it easy to remember.</pre>
Uploads:

<pre> It's now possible to specify the final filename of an upload distinct
from the original filename on your disk.

An image link for a missing file will now take you straight to the upload page.

More metadata is pre-extracted from uploaded images, which will ease pressure
on disk or NFS volumes used to store images. EXIF metadata is displayed on
the image description page if PHP is configured with the necessary module.

If .svg files are added to the upload whitelist, you can choose to render
them to rasterized .png images for inline display using one of several
external helper programs. See DefaultSettings.php for SVG options.</pre>
User accounts:

<pre> There are some changes to the user permissions system, with assignable
groups. Note that this does *not* allow you to make pages which are only
accessible to certain groups.

For details see: [[Help:User rights|http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:User_rights]]</pre>
E-mail:

<pre> User-to-user e-mail can now be restricted to require a mail-back confirmation
first to reduce potential for abuse with false addresses.

Updates to user talk pages and watchlist entries can optionally send e-mail
notifications.</pre>
External hooks:

<pre> A somewhat experimental interface for hooking in an external editor
application is included.</pre>
And...

<pre> A bunch of stuff we forgot to mention.</pre>
<span id="whats-gone"></span>
== <span class="mw-headline"> What's gone? </span> ==

Latin-1:

<pre> Wikis must now be encoded in Unicode UTF-8; this has been the default for
some time, but some languages could optionally be installed in Latin-1 mode.
This is no longer supported.

You can check if your current wiki is in Latin-1 mode by using your browser's
"view source"; look for a line like this:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

If it says charset=utf-8, you're ready. If it says charset=iso8859-1,
you may need to convert your data. (English-language wikis avoiding
any accented characters may be able to get away without conversion.)</pre>
MySQL 3.x:

<pre> Some optimization hacks for MySQL 3.x have been removed as part of the schema
clean-up (specifically, the inverse_timestamp fields).

MediaWiki 1.5 may still run on 3.x, but wikis of non-trivial size should
very seriously consider upgrading to a more modern release. MySQL 3.x support
will probably be entirely dropped in the next major release.</pre>
Special:Maintenance

<pre> These tools were, ironically enough, not really maintained. This special
page has been removed; insofar as some of its pieces were useful and haven't
already been supplanted by other special pages they should be rewritten in
an efficient and safe manner in the future.</pre>
<div id="catlinks" class="catlinks">

<div id="mw-normal-catlinks">

[/wiki/Special:Categories Category]: <span dir="ltr">[[Category:Upgrades|Upgrades]]</span>

</div>

</div>

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