[MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki 1.5beta1 released

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 MediaWiki 1.5 beta 1 is a preview release, pretty much feature complete, of the new 1.5 release series. There are several known and likely a number of unknown bugs; it is not recommended to use this release in a production environment but would be recommended for testing in mind of an upcoming deployment. A number of significant changes have been made since the alpha releases, including database changes and a reworking of the user permissions settings. See the file UPGRADE for details of upgrading and changing your prior configuration settings for the new system. For a relatively full list of changes since 1.5alpha2, see the changelog in the release notes. Release notes: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=337757 Download: http://prdownloads.sf.net/wikipedia/mediawiki-1.5beta1.tar.gz?download Before asking for help, try the FAQ: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ Low-traffic release announcements mailing list: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce Wiki admin help mailing list: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l Bug report system: http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/ Play "stump the developers" live on IRC: #mediawiki on irc.freenode.net - -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)