Wikipedia:MediaWiki 1.4 release notes

 ( = not using PEAR:Mail() module --- I do not know anyone who uses that)
 $wgSMTP = false;

 ( = not using PostgreSQL --- I do not know anyone who uses that)
 $wgDBtype = "mysql";
 $wgSearchType = "MyISAM";

 NEW (newpageletter) and CORR (minoreditletter) markers needs
 corresponding "spacers"

 notifications are now fully handled via existing table watchlist
 The user interface and behavious is unchanged to previous version.

 the conversion script converts existing user_newtalk entries
 watchlist table entries
 (user_newtalk) id ==> (watchlist) NS_USER_TALK:namefromId(id) timestamp=1

 updated marker now correctly shown on watchlist page
 watching users number display with enhanced RC view + RCUseModStyle

 merged into UserMailer.php and using usermailer() solely

bugs fixed regarding missing $oldid parameter

Implements almost all enotif options as user preferences.
These are only shown on the user preference page, if they are globally
enabled by the corresponding admin option in DefaultSettings.php.
Added admin feature to let enotifs appear to come from the page editor.
This facilitates automatic mail sorting and anti-spam filtering; feature was
originally proposed by Nick Triantos, thank you !
Page editor's email address is however only shown, if this user enabled
the option "reveal my email address" in user preferences. Otherwise,
the enotifs appear to come from WikiAdmin as usual (tricky to program,
but simply trust the algorithm. or look into UserMailer.php and
UserTalkPage.php).

applied after two first reviews by Brion Vibber. v1.31 is basically the same as
the older Enotif v1.30 and v1.22 versions.

Added UseMod style for recent changes view so that only the most recent
change of any page is listed. The (diff) and (hist) still allow to retrieve the
older versions at users' discretion, but the RC view is much cleaner for
trusted environments such as medium-size companies or family wikis.

email address in preferences, so that they can see, what watched pages
have changed.

classic skin and in monobook skin

in recent changes view for the older (already visited) versions of watched
pages - i.e. page versions before the enotif was sent do not bear that
marker any longer.

visited version of the watching user.

recommended way (starting index.php and re-using the old database name).

OR see /maintenance/archives/patch-email-notification.sql and apply the
command

manually to your database, which does not harm the non notification versions

 for the accompanying talk_page talk:x and vice versa;

 http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents

 http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Wikipedia:MediaWiki 1.4 release notes

Stuff not in MediaWiki 1.4, but maybe in 1.5[edit]

Version Enotif+Eauthent EN+EA v2.00/CVS, 14.12.2004[edit]

MediaWiki 1.4 BETA[edit]

Caveats[edit]

Online documentation[edit]

Mailing list[edit]

IRC help[edit]