Hello,

Happy New Year to all!

I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle 2013.12. This bundle is compatible with MediaWiki 1.21.3 and MediaWiki 1.22.0 releases.

* Download: https://translatewiki.net/mleb/MediaWikiLanguageExtensionBundle-2013.12.tar.... * sha256sum: 2ef19e31d685dd0d6e50088ec8bbb1cd3e74c694096dfa333efb61dcfee9c3c0

Quick links: * Installation instructions are at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MLEB * Announcements of new releases will be posted to a mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-i18n * Report bugs to: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org * Talk with us at: #mediawiki-i18n @ Freenode

Release notes for each extension are below.

-- Kartik Mistry

== Babel, CLDR and LocalisationUpdates == * Only localization updates.

== CleanChanges == * Bug 58439: Fix Monobook skin by removing extra <nowiki></div></nowiki> creating invalid HTML. * Localization updates.

== Translate == === Noteworthy changes === * Translator Sandbox: ** Translator Sandbox is a feature to simplify the sign-up process for new translators. It can be enabled using "$wgTranslateUseSandbox = true;", but it will only be useful in conjunction with the TwnMainPage, which is not included in MLEB (at least yet). ** Stash and translator approval pages are now usable. ** When a user is accepted, a bare-bones user page with a Babel box is created.

* TUX editor: ** Bug 53748: Message group related calls were made two order of magnitudes faster, making Special:Translate's group selector, workflow state selector etc. fast enough even on wikis with hundreds or thousands groups. ** Add useful shortcuts to TUX editor. All buttons to insert/replace text (insertables and then translation aids in order; "discard changes" is skipped) are numbered from 1 up and can be accessed with both alt+<num> and arrow up and down. ** Update the statusbar at the bottom of the TUX message tables when saving or proofreading.

* Added support to MediaWiki localisation format from PHP files to JSON files. This is part of the Localization Format RFC ( https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Localisation_format ). ** Add support for JSON in mediawiki-defines.txt, allowing the handling of MediaWiki extension that us the new format. Documentation about the updates in MessageGroup configuration can be found at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Translate/Group_configuration/... ** Fixed JsonFFS for properly importing and exporting Authors. ** targetPattern in group configuration is now optional. ** Migrate the Translate extension itself to JSON based i18n files from PHP files. This change is transparent to all users of extension. * Support xliff 1.1 files in addition to xliff 1.2 as well, but without validation.

=== Breaking changes === Special:FirstSteps has been removed from Translate. If you want the feature, you'll have to download it separately.

== UniversalLanguageSelector == === Noteworthy changes === * Language selector now opens an order of magnitude faster (see https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.uls/pull/122 for details).

* Initial support for webfonts in MobileFrontend: ** Currently, support for webfonts in MobileFrontend is disabled by default. It can be enabled by setting $wgULSMobileWebfontsEnabled = true; in LocalSettings.php file. Note that, even then it will only be enabled for users who has opted in for the mobile beta mode.

=== Fonts === * Bug 57767: Enable Amiri font for Soranî language. * Bug 58381, 58382: Add Lateef and Scheherazade fonts for Soranî and Farsi languages. * Update Autonym font to version 20131205: ** Fixed Autonym for Old Slavonic. ** Fixed glyphs for the Glagolitic script. ** Removed Reserved Font Name (RFN) and documentation updates.