The 'math' table will no longer be created on a default install unless you've explicitly enabled the Math plugin at install time; the usual update.php procedure will add it in.
Postgres, Oracle, MSSQL, and DB2 variants are included -- broken out from the core files -- but have not been tested.
I know there has been some code duplication in parser test infrastructure but could only find one instance of the parser test temporary table setup to remove the 'math' table from (the extension adds it back via the hook). If the phpunit-based runner breaks, please track it down and fix it there too.
* MW_MATH_* constants are now defined in Math extension
* Language::getMathNames() is removed
* mathNames section in message files is removed
* A hardcoded preference override in refreshLinks moved to MaintenanceRefreshLinksInit hook
*coding style tweaks
*documentation
*check for MediaWiki environment in the main setup file
*add extension credits
*add i18n file (only English at the moment); messages from core MessagesEn.php
This is a follow-up to Brion's r85706.
* (bug 14202) $wgUseTeX has been superseded by the Math extension. To re-enable
math conversion after upgrading, obtain the Math extension from SVN or from
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math and add to LocalSettings.php:
require_once "$IP/extensions/Math/Math.php";
This is an initial stab, and a few things remain to be cleaned up:
* messages need to be moved from core to extension
* MW_MATH_* constants should be moved to the extension from core
* old back-compat math names interfaces using those constants should be removed from message files
* classic edit toolbar's math button should be added from the extension (or else dropped) -- currently there's not a clean hook, but could do it by JS
* couple of things like the 'armourMath' function on Language & LanguageConverter may want to be redone just as an unconditional, if that's simpler.
Setting $wgUseTeX alone will no longer have any affect. The var's still there for the moment as a few bits still need to be fully moved out from core.
Brion Vibber
Raimond Spekking
Siebrand Mazeland
Jack Phoenix
Alexandre Emsenhuber