This is a *BETA RELEASE* of MediaWiki 1.3.0, after a couple weeks of testing and tweaking on Wikipedia. Things mostly work at this point, but installation and upgrade paths may be awkward or broken on some systems (we don't stress the regular install/upgrade system on Wikipedia since we do mass runs of piecemeal updates).

Please read the release notes for details of what's changed and how to upgrade. (Beta1 was not released as a package, but was available from CVS only. Don't worry, you didn't miss it!)

The easiest upgrade path from a 1.2 MediaWiki install is to set up the 1.3 wiki in a fresh directory, run the web-based installer, and point it at the same database. BACK UP YOUR DATABASE FIRST! Upgrading the database may take a while, or may fail on some systems.

Release notes: https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=243741

Download: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wikipedia/mediawiki-1.3.0beta2.tar.gz?dow...

Wiki admin help mailing list: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Bug report system: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=34373&atid=411192

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)