[Mediawiki-l] Release times of mediawiki

[Brion Vibber]

HeinzJ wrote:
> What the hell is the reason for 3 days for new releases. Or even NULL 
> days! (from 1.8.0 to 1.8.1 on 11.10.2006). There are a lot of people who 
> intend to install the newest stable software and invest a lot of time in it.
> 
> Please mark new releases as what they are. Stable, Alphas, Minors, Beta, 
> Patches.

The quarterly branch releases are branched from trunk every three 
months, and are stable as far as we are aware since they are the same 
software that we're running at the time.

When we're made aware of additional serious problems with the last 
branch (usually for installations and upgrades on rare configurations 
that we don't have access to) we release a fix on that branch as soon as 
possible precisely so that those people who "intent to install the 
newest stable software" will have it work for them.

Of course you should always be aware that MediaWiki is primarily 
in-house software for the Wikimedia Foundation's use. We make no 
guarantees of stability or suitability for any use.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)