MediaWiki 1.28

MediaWiki 1.28 is a future release of MediaWiki.

Consult the  file for the full list of changes.

The 1.28.0 stable release is expected to come out on sometime in the late 2016.

Download the or checkout the   branch download>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git|in Git to follow this release.

Improved HTML file caching
The HTML file caching feature (controlled by ) now supports caching ?action=history views (310697). In addition, the emergency fallback of showing cached pages if the database is down was fixed and now works properly.

Breaking changes

 * Magic links are now disabled by default. They can be enabled by changing the value of . It has been proposed to remove magic link functionality from MediaWiki in a future release, if you depend upon or use them it is requested that you comment at Requests for comment/Future of magic links.