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Release: v4.8.21.1808 (2018-08-06 21:00 Mon)
The PC version is a minor release. It fixes parsing issues for 2018-07 English Wikipedia
The Android version is a trivial release. It updates the list of wikis for Download Central.
(Wiki) Publish 2018-08 English Wikipedia
You can get them from Download Central or see the following links:
(PC) Fix multiple script errors due to Wikibase and Scribunto
There were a handful of parsing issues with English and German Wikipedia. In brief:
- Graph: Support v2 (some pages can only be viewable in HTTP_Server; EX: en.w:Obesity)
- Wikibase: Add isValidEntityId and getSetting
- Scribunto: Add stripNoWiki
- Scribunto: Return empty string for invalid languages
- Scribunto: Add better support for balanced pairs
- Parser: Cache ifexist calls
Next release
I've recently changed jobs and expect to be spending a bit of time adjusting. I'll continue to update English Wikipedia and German Wikipedia, though it looks like a quarterly schedule.
Release: v4.5.19.1801 (2018-01-05 23:00 Fri)
The PC version is a minor release. It fixes parsing issues for 2017-12 English Wikipedia and 2017-12 German Wikipedia.
The Android version is a trivial release. It updates the list of wikis for Download Central.
(Wiki) Publish 2017-12 English Wikipedia and 2017-12 German Wikipedia
It's been slow recently, as only the above two wikis were published. You can get them from Download Central or see the following links:
(PC) Fix multiple script errors due to Wikibase, JsonConfig, Luaj, and ParserFunctions
There were a handful of minor parsing issues with English and German Wikipedia. In brief:
- Wikibase: Add support for getBestStatements and getEntityUrl
- JsonConfig: Add support for JsonConfig
- Luaj: Parse '-' as nil not 0
- ParserFunctions: Parse relative months like '1-12-2001 -1 month'
Next release
The schedule has still been slow recently. I've been looking at migrating XOWA to a Chrome / Node.js platform, since Mozilla / XULRunner is pretty much deprecated. As this will take several months, I think new releases will primarily be focused on fixing parsing issues as well as wiki releases.