1.27 is a Long-Term-Support (LTS) release. It means we make a stronger effort to backport fixes and support it for a longer period. 1.28 was not such a release.
If you have a look at the history of MediaWiki versions from 1.19 onward, you'll see the pattern: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle. That page also has a lot more generally useful information as well.
Hope this answers your question!
-Chad
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:36 AM Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) < richard.k.evans@nasa.gov> wrote:
Can anyone say simply why 1.28 is obsolete and 1.27 is still supported? I'm not looking for anything too technical. I'm just curious as to what went wrong. Sounds like there must be an interesting story there.
-Rich
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