[Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki 1.2.0rc2 second release candidate released

[Brion Vibber]

Just a quick note: when using update.php, it does *not* reinitialize 
user interface messages that have already been stored ready in the 
MediaWiki: namespace. In particular, this means if you're upgrading 
from MediaWiki 1.1.0 (which initialized the messages, but didn't use 
them by default), your later-changed $wgSitename setting or any 
customizations directly in Language.php will appear overridden by the 
old defaults. The next release should be a little more sensible and 
automatically update all messages that haven't been manually edited.

You can force the use of messages taken directly out of Language*.php 
by setting $wgUseDatabaseMessages = false; or you can reinitialize all 
the messages using rebuildMessages.php in the maintenance directory 
(command-line script). You can also update the messages manually, if 
you're going to change them all anyway. :)

For some general help on the messages system, see 
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_namespace

Also, the command-line install & update scripts forget to install 
magnify-clip.png, which is used for thumbnail image display. Copy it 
from images/ into your uploads directory if you notice it's missing. 
The in-place installation never forgets to install a file of course, 
because they're all right there! I'd much appreciate feedback from 
anyone testing the in-place web install, particularly on Windows or 
other obscure operating systems. :)

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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