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October 11, 2006

MediaWiki 1.8.1 fixes several issues in the Fall 2006 snapshot release:

* Fix PHP notice and estimates for dumpBackup.php and friends * Improved register_globals paranoia checks * (bug 7545) Fix PHP version check on install * Experimental web API disabled by default * Disable PHP exception backtrace printing unless $wgShowExceptionDetails is set. Backtraces may contain sensitive information in function call parameters.

Full release notes: http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/tags/REL1_8_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/tags/REL1_8_1/phase3/HISTORY

Download: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wikipedia/mediawiki-1.8.1.tar.gz

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- -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)