Hey all,
This is a quick note to highlight that in six weeks' time, the REL1_40
branch will be created for MediaWiki core and each of the extensions and
skins in Wikimedia git, with some (the 'tarball') included as sub-modules
of MediaWiki itself[0]. This is the first step in the release process for
MediaWiki 1.40, which should be out in May 2023, approximately six months
after MediaWiki 1.39.
The branches will reflect the code as of the last 'alpha' branch for the
release, 1.40.0-wmf.27, which will be deployed to Wikimedia wikis in the
week beginning 13 March 2023 for MediaWiki itself and those extensions
and skins available there.
After that point, patches that land in the main development branch of
MediaWiki and its bundled extensions and skins will be slated for the
MediaWiki 1.41 release unless specifically backported[1].
If you are working on a new feature that you wish to land for the release,
you now have a few days to finish your work and land it in the development
branch; feature changes should not be backported except in an urgent case.
If your work might not be complete in time, and yet should block release
for everyone else, please file a task against the `mw-1.40-release` project
on Phabricator.[2]
If you have tickets that are already tagged for `mw-1.40-release`, please
finish them, untag them, or reach out to get them resolved in the next few
weeks.
We hope to issue the first release candidate, 1.40.0-rc.0, two weeks after
the branch point, and if all goes well, to release MediaWiki 1.40.0 a few
weeks after that.
Tyler Cipriani (he/him)
Engineering Manager, Release Engineering
Wikimedia Foundation
[0]: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bundled_extensions_and_skins>
[1]: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Backporting_fixes>
[2]: <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mw-1.40-release/>
We are pleased to announce EMWCon 2023 [0]. It will be held at the Hilton
Garden Inn Austin NW/Arboretum [1] in Austin, Texas on April 19th-21st.
Everyone who is attending is encouraged to stay at the Hilton, where we
have a special group rate of $129/night [2], this rate is available until
March 16th so please book early (and soon)! The booking is cancellable up
to 6:00pm on first night.
For those who cannot attend in person for any reason, this will be a
"hybrid" conference, with online/virtual capability via Hopin that is
intended to be as integrated into the conference as possible. All
presentations will be available on Hopin live and we are accepting talks
from remote speakers. There is no cost for online/virtual attendance.
About EMWCon: EMWCon is a three-day conference featuring discussions of
topics related to "Enterprise MediaWiki", i.e. the usage of MediaWiki
software by companies, governments, and other organizations. The intended
audience is anyone who uses, or would like to learn more about, MediaWiki.
There will be many opportunities to interact with others using and
developing MediaWiki including presentations, workshops, breakout rooms and
hackathon sessions.
To register/signup for EMWCon please add your name here [3]. To get tickets
for in-person attendance, see the Eventbrite page [4] which has an early
bird discount through March 19th. To submit a talk, please add your talk
proposal here [5], the deadline for talk submissions is April 3rd.
We hope to see you in Austin or on Hopin!
Sincerely,
The EMWCon 2023 organizing committee
* Bryan Hilderbrand (General Chair)
* Jeffrey Wang (Local Chair)
* Yaron Koren (Program Chair)
* Ike Hecht (Sponsorship Chair)
[0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2023
[1]
https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/ausaagi-hilton-garden-inn-austin-nw-arbore…
[2] https://group.hiltongardeninn.com/0w8ee1
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2023#Sign-up
[4] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emwcon-spring-2023-tickets-511004527297
[5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2023#Talks