As per the MediaWiki version lifecycle[1], I would like to announce the
formal end of life (EOL) of MediaWiki 1.36 as of today, Friday June 3, 2022.
This means that MediaWiki 1.36 will no longer receive maintenance or
security backports. It is therefore strongly discouraged that you continue
to use it.
It is recommended to upgrade either to MediaWiki 1.37, which will be
supported until November 2022 or to 1.38 (released yesterday), which will
be supported until June 2023.
Thanks!
Sam Reed
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle
Hi all,
On Thursday we will be issuing a security and maintenance release to all
supported branches of MediaWiki.
The new releases will be:
- 1.35.6
- 1.36.4
- 1.37.2
This will resolve four issues in MediaWiki core and also includes some
fixes previously committed to git, including minor security and hardening
patches along with bug fixes included for maintenance reasons. One issue
does not affect MediaWiki 1.35 and 1.36.
In addition to those, these releases will resolve other issues in MediaWiki
core and also include some fixes previously committed to git, including
minor security and hardening patches along with bug fixes included for
maintenance reasons.
We will make the fixes available in the respective release branches and
master in git. Tarballs will be available for the above mentioned point
releases as well.
A summary of some of the security fixes that have gone into non-bundled
MediaWiki extensions will also follow later.
As a reminder, 1.36 is due to become end of life (EOL) in May 2022. 1.36.4
is expected to be the last release for this branch. It is recommended to
upgrade to 1.37, or to 1.38 due to be released in May 2022.
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle