Hello everyone,
I am happy to announce the availability the general release of MediaWiki 1.27!
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 Of special note is AuthManager, which I explained in detail with second release candidate: * https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-June/000190.ht...
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
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-Chad