MediaWiki 1.19

This is a next version which is being deployed in February 2012 and will be released in the 2nd week of March 2012.

What's new?
Comprehensive list of what's new is in the release notes.


 * Bumped MySQL version requirement to 5.0.2.
 * Disable the partial HTML and MathML rendering options for Math, and render as PNG by default (see RFC and )
 * MathML mode was so incomplete most people thought it simply didn't work.
 * New skins/common/*.css files usable by skins instead of having to copy piles of generic styles from MonoBook or Vector's css.
 * The default user signature now contains a talk link in addition to the user link.
 * Searching blocked usernames in block log is now clearer.
 * Better timezone recognition in user preferences.
 * Extensions can now participate in the extraction of titles from URL paths.
 * The command-line installer supports various RDBMSes better.
 * The interwiki links table can now be accessed also when the interwiki cache is used (used in the API and the Interwiki extension).

Internationalization

 * More gender support (for instance in user lists).
 * Add languages: Canadian English.
 * Language converter improved, e.g. it now works depending on the page content language.
 * Time and number-formatting magic words also now depend on the page content language.
 * Bidirectional support further improved after 1.18.