[Mediawiki-l] MW 1.4.0 per-section editing breaks; fixed in later versions?

[Brion Vibber]

Matt England wrote:
> I just discovered this problem with my MW 1.4.0 site:
>
> * UserA begins editing section1 of a wiki page.
> * UserA also begins editing section2 of a wiki page.
> * While the section2 edit is still open, section1 edits are saved.
> * Section2 edits are then saved.
> * The changes made to section1 are lost.
>
> Is this fixed in successive (to 1.4.0) versions of MediaWiki?

This is fixed in current CVS HEAD (1.6alpha) and REL1_5 (next 1.5
release). Automatic merging requires GNU diff3, same as automatic
merging of full page edits.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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