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Some compatibility fixes for PHP 4.1.2 and 4.2.x; installer checks for missing MySQL support; and many various things fixed. Anyone running a public server on 1.3.0beta is strongly recommended to upgrade to this release, as a potential JavaScript injection attack in earlier betas has been fixed. (1.2.x is not vulnerable.)

Release notes: https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=248913

Download: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wikipedia/mediawiki-1.3.0beta4.tar.gz?dow...

Report bugs at: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=34373&atid=411192

Play "Stump the Developers" live on IRC: #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net

Help mailing list: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

(CVS note: this is tagged as REL1_3_0beta4a. We tagged a REL1_3_0beta4 last week but didn't release quite it.)

Changes from beta3 include but are not limited to:

* Install checks for missing PHP MySQL support * Fixed broken PHP 4.1.2 compatibility functions * PHP 4.2 vs MonoBook skin title encoding * Offsets * Mysterious install fixes * Fix for &nbsp; with html-tidy * (optional) experimental load balancer * Fixes for some broken queries from last beta * Improved error reporting in command line scripts and elsewhere * Account creation per IP throttle (requires memcached) * Copyright info on uploads (optional) * Hook for custom spam check filter function * Improved HTML escaping of user names in some places * Removed < and > from legal title chars (shouldn't have been added) * Recentchanges reports move-over-redirect more clearly * Search index updates no longer use REPLACE DELAYED, as it causes more problems than it solves * Copyright notice was missing on old revisions, fixed * More bad title checks in skin * Unused skins no longer loaded (reduces memory usage) * "newbies" mode on Special:Contributions * Bureaucrat flag put back into Special:Makesysop * Special:Undelete fix for titles with apostrophes * Upload warning on existing filename * $wgWhitelistRead fix * Titles with "./" are allowed again as long as it's not at the beginning or following a "/" * Language file upades for Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese * Spelling corrections in languge names * rebuildtextindex.php updated * SQL fix to blobs table * TeX suppress dvips output from logs * Style fixes

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