Hello everyone, I am happy to announce the availability of the first release candidate of the new MediaWiki 1.27 series! MediaWiki 1.27 includes all changes released in the smaller 1.27.0-wmf.* software deployments to Wikimedia sites over six months, totaling approximately 2800+ commits by around 165 authors. This is a large release that contains many new features and bug fixes. This will be a LTS release, supported until 2019 with security fixes. This is a summary of the major changes of interest to users and administrators: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27 You can always consult the RELEASE-NOTES-1.27 file for the full list of changes in this version. Full release notes: * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/REL1_27/RELEASE-NOTES… * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.27 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.27/mediawiki-1.27.0-rc.0.tar.gz http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.27/mediawiki-core-1.27.0-rc.0.tar… GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.27/mediawiki-core-1.27.0-rc.0.tar… http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.27/mediawiki-1.27.0-rc.0.tar.gz.s… Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html -Chad _______________________________________________ MediaWiki announcements mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce