Password storage update/status

Last update on: 2014-04-monthly

2014-01-31

• Multiple RFCs merged into https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Passwords
• Identified and fixed several issues in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/77645/

2014-02-28

Password Expiration merged (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/92037). Continued work on Passwords RFC process.

2014-03-monthly

Password hashing ready for merge (pending a fix to phpunit). Passwords no long required to meet complexity requirements to login, part of the outcome of https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Passwords. $wgMinimalPasswordLength can now be adjusted without locking out non-compliant users.

2014-04-monthly

FIxed bug 62623 so that patches with lots of tests (such as the password api) can be merged. Continued refinement of Password API patch.