History has shown that Wikimedia updates the code on their farm quite often, somewhere between 5 minutes and a month or so, with 'every few days' on average. A few weeks ago Brion dropped somewhere that he's planning to move to a weekly update for Wikimedia's MediaWiki version. Given the track record of Brion with planning (MediaWiki releases, road maps), this may have been a bad idea - things weren't too bad, and this may have grown expectations.
Even though 'when it's ready' may not be a satisfactory response, it is a true one...
There is an indicator for when an update may be near: a Wikimedia update is likely when there are no more 'fixme's and 'new's in revision log past the currently deployed revision[1,2], and when this happens on a Tuesday (IIRC).
Cheers! Siebrand
[1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/status/new [2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/status/fixme
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: wikitech-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikitech-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Namens Simon Orr Verzonden: dinsdag 9 december 2008 10:57 Aan: Wikimedia developers Onderwerp: Re: [Wikitech-l] Code update status?
Remember the dot wrote:
Hey,
The code on Wikimedia sites hasn't been updated in about 3
weeks...any
idea on when the next update will be?
When it's ready.
It's goodnice to see such flippant responses when a simple "It could be a while yet" would do. It really helps the idea of bringing people on board to help out and feel welcome...