Hello everyone,

I am happy to announce the availability of the second release candidate of the new MediaWiki 1.27 series!

AuthManager has been backported!!!

Since the first release candidate support for the new authentication/ authorization framework (AuthManager) was merged from master. This is a large architectural change, but users should hopefully see few changes. If you have extensions that make use of authentication or authorization hooks you will need to upgrade those as well to their REL1_27 versions or master branch (both available via Git or Extension Distributor).

For a high level overview please see: * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:SessionManager_and_AuthManager If you have an extension that you maintain and will be updating: * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:SessionManager_and_AuthManager/Updatin...

As a result of this large change, I'm going to let the RC.1 stir around in the wild for 2 weeks before we do the final release. I know this is a delay for some, but I really think 1.27 will be a better release as a result. June 28th sounds like a fun day :)

Now for the usual fun boilerplate:

MediaWiki 1.27 includes all changes released in the smaller 1.27.0-wmf.* software deployments to Wikimedia sites over six months, totaling approximately 2800+ commits by around 165 authors. This is a large release that contains many new features and bug fixes.

This will be a LTS release, supported until 2019 with security fixes.

This is a summary of the major changes of interest to users and administrators: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27

You can always consult the RELEASE-NOTES-1.27 file for the full list of changes in this version.

Full release notes: * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/REL1_27/RELEASE-NOTES-... * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.27

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-Chad