RELEASE-NOTES-1.42
= Wikibase 1.42 =
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== Upgrading notes for 1.42 ==
Don't forget to always back up your database before upgrading!
Some specific notes for Wikibase 1.42 upgrades are below:
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For a general manual to upgrade MediaWiki see:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading
=== Configuration changes for system administrators in 1.42 ===
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=== New user-facing features in 1.42 ===
* (repo) (T251480) Data values are automatically normalized on save.
Built-in normalizations are defined for the commonsMedia data type and the string value type.
Custom data and value types can register normalization using the normalizer-factory-callback definition key.
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=== External library changes in 1.42 ===
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=== Bug fixes in 1.42 ===
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=== Action API changes in 1.42 ===
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=== Languages updated in 1.42 ===
Wikibase supports over 300 languages. Many localisations are updated regularly.
Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as changes to languages
because of Phabricator reports.
New monolingual support:
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Monolingual entries removed as they are now natively supported by MediaWiki:
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=== Breaking changes in 1.42 ===
* (T263427) The RDF URIs will now always use the the unlocalized name Special:EntityData,
not a localized name like e.g. Spezial:Objektdaten.
This only affects wikis with a $wgLanguageCode other than "en".
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=== Deprecations in 1.42 ===
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=== Other changes in 1.42 ===
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== Online documentation ==
Installation instructions and FAQ
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase
Developer documentation of Wikibase 1.42
https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/REL1_42/
== Mailing list ==
Discussion regarding the development of Wikidata
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-tech
== IRC help ==
Questions related to wikibase and wikidata can be asked in #wikidata on irc.libera.chat.