On Sep 26, 2004, at 5:26 PM, Marko Faas wrote:
Can you sum up some new things that we can expect in version 1.4?
Some of the big things:
Frontend: * User selection of alternate interface language * Some Simplified<->Traditional Chinese conversion ability * 'Recentchanges Patrol' to mark new edits that haven't yet been viewed * Old manually maintained log pages replaced with searchable Special:Log
Backend: * Skins system more modular, easier to add new skins * Support for table prefixes to cooperate better with web apps sharing a database * PostgreSQL support * MonoBook skin on PHP 5 * Support for faster C++ diff module (WikiDiff extension) * Validation and normalization of unicode input
(If some of the ideas bouncing around work cleanly we may make some changes to the old table structure too, but upgradability is a key concern.)
Any idea when 1.4 beta's will hit the sourceforge?
If we can start tightening things up soon, I'd aim for mid-October.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)