Just a reminder: the 1.7.x quarterly release series will be branched off from development trunk this coming week.
Older release versions should continue to receive important security fixes for up to a year, but new feature development is done on the main trunk.
1.6.x may probably continue to get a little more lovin' as far as simple fixes and localization updates since the new 1.7.x and higher will no longer run on PHP 4.x. PHP 5.x is required for future versions of MediaWiki.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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