= MediaWiki 1.43 =

== MediaWiki 1.43.0-PRERELEASE ==

THIS IS NOT A RELEASE YET

MediaWiki 1.43 is an alpha-quality development branch, and is not recommended
for use in production.

== Upgrading notes for 1.43 ==
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 1.43 upgrades are below:

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For notes on 1.42.x and older releases, see HISTORY.

=== Configuration changes for system administrators in 1.43 ===

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==== New configuration ====

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=== New user-facing features in 1.43 ===

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=== New features for sysadmins in 1.43 ===

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=== New developer features in 1.43 ===

* StatusValue class gained new method getMessages(): MessageSpecifier[],
  allowing the errors to be inspected and displayed more easily, for example:
    foreach ( $status->getMessages() as $msg ) {
      if ( $msg->getKey() !== 'ignored-message' ) {
        $this->getOutput()->addWikiMsg( $msg );
      }
    }
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=== External library changes in 1.43 ===

==== New external libraries ====

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

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==== Changed external libraries ====

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===== Changed development-only external libraries =====

* Upgraded eslint-config-wikimedia from 0.26.0 to 0.27.0.
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==== Removed external libraries ====

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=== Bug fixes in 1.43 ===

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=== Action API changes in 1.43 ===

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=== Action API internal changes in 1.43 ===

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=== Languages updated in 1.43 ===
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 1.43 ===

* ErrorPageError public properties 'msg' and 'title' may now contain
  any MessageSpecifier object, not just Message.
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=== Deprecations in 1.43 ===

* The methods StatusValue::getErrors() and StatusValue::getErrorsByType(),
  as well as Status::getErrorsArray() and Status::getWarningsArray(), have
  been deprecated in favor of new method StatusValue::getMessages().
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=== Other changes in 1.43 ===

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== Compatibility ==

MediaWiki 1.43 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.