Subject: Monthly point releases
Based on the issues raised during a meeting we had at the Architecture Summit a couple of weeks ago, those of us involved in MediaWiki release management have decided to introduce a monthly point-release cycle. On the last Thursday of every month we'll collect fixes that have been made and release them for download.
We plan to continue to use the "Known Issues" subpage[1] to drive the issues that are incorporated into the release. This means that if you have an issue that you think should be addressed before the next major release, you can add it to the "Known Issues" page. We'll review it and, if we agree that it is an appropriate issue for a point release, then we'll try to get it resolved.
Of course, this is a community-driven effort, so issues that have working code attached are more likely to be resolved in a point release than requests without code. If you cannot provide patches, that doesn't mean that your issue won't be fixed. Instead, you can help us find someone to fix it and further help by testing any fixes provided.
We hope that this will mean a more usable MediaWiki.
Thanks,
Mark.
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.22/Known_issues
Based on the issues raised during a meeting we had at the Architecture Summit a couple of weeks ago, those of us involved in MediaWiki release management have decided to introduce a monthly point-release cycle. On the last Thursday of every month we'll collect fixes that have been made and release them for download.
We plan to continue to use the "Known Issues" subpage[1] to drive the issues that are incorporated into the release. This means that if you have an issue that you think should be addressed before the next major release, you can add it to the "Known Issues" page. We'll review it and, if we agree that it is an appropriate issue for a point release, then we'll try to get it resolved.
Of course, this is a community-driven effort, so issues that have working code attached are more likely to be resolved in a point release than requests without code. If you cannot provide patches, that doesn't mean that your issue won't be fixed. Instead, you can help us find someone to fix it and further help by testing any fixes provided.
We hope that this will mean a more usable MediaWiki.
Thanks,
Mark.
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.22/Known_issues
Mark A. Hershberger wrote:
Based on the issues raised during a meeting we had at the Architecture Summit a couple of weeks ago, those of us involved in MediaWiki release management have decided to introduce a monthly point-release cycle. On the last Thursday of every month we'll collect fixes that have been made and release them for download.
We plan to continue to use the "Known Issues" subpage[1] to drive the issues that are incorporated into the release. This means that if you have an issue that you think should be addressed before the next major release, you can add it to the "Known Issues" page. We'll review it and, if we agree that it is an appropriate issue for a point release, then we'll try to get it resolved.
Hi.
I received this message twice. Ten-four!
Can you please create a 2014 timeline of expected releases? Or at least the first half of 2014?
I think such a timeline would help everyone plan better, though it will presumably have to be updated after emergency (security) point releases?
MZMcBride
On 3 February 2014 15:38, Mark A. Hershberger mah@nichework.com wrote:
Based on the issues raised during a meeting we had at the Architecture Summit a couple of weeks ago, those of us involved in MediaWiki release management have decided to introduce a monthly point-release cycle. On the last Thursday of every month we'll collect fixes that have been made and release them for download.
\o/
My collection of 1.19 wikis very much look forward to this :-)
- d.
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