Extension:ShowRealUsernames/History

Configuration changes

 * The messages are now stored in the new JSON format.

Bug fixes

 * $wgExtensionFunctions is used so that mw-config now works.

Bugfixes

 * The message  in the languages en,de,fr,it has been enhanced with the hint that other data besides the user's real name can be added.
 * The message  in the language nb now uses html entities for non-ASCII characters.

Other changes
RV1971 has taken over the maintainer role from Paul Lustgarten. Thanks to Paul for creating and maintaining the extension so far.

Configuration changes
Even though the Configuration offers more options than it did in version 1.1.1, your existing configuration works as before.

New features

 * The list of fields to retrieve from the database is now configurable. For instance, it can be used to retrieve the email as well.
 * Only users having the showrealname right do see the real names. Thanks to User:Phantomsteve for suggesting the feature and the implementation.
 * The languages French and Italian have been added to the messages file.

Other changes

 * The code has been reviewed in order to comply more closely with the guidelines on mediawiki.org. In particular, it has been wrapped into a class.