Re: [MediaWiki-l] Why is MW 1.28 obsolete?

> > Nothing special or wrong going on there. Every 4 versions there is a Long > Term Support (LTS) release. 1.27 is LTS, the next LTS will be 1.31, and so on. > > See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle for more info, including > exact months when versions reach EOL. Ah! Gotcha. Tha

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Why is MW 1.28 obsolete?

Please see , which explains that 1.27 is an LTS release, and will be supported for a longer period than the normal releases. -- Legoktm On 01/23/2018 11:36 AM, Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) wrote: > Can anyone say simply why 1.28 is

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Why is MW 1.28 obsolete?

Nothing special or wrong going on there. Every 4 versions there is a Long Term Support (LTS) release. 1.27 is LTS, the next LTS will be 1.31, and so on. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle for more info, including exact months when versions reach EOL. > On Jan 23, 2018, at 12:3

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Why is MW 1.28 obsolete?

1.27 is a Long-Term-Support (LTS) release. It means we make a stronger effort to backport fixes and support it for a longer period. 1.28 was not such a release. If you have a look at the history of MediaWiki versions from 1.19 onward, you'll see the pattern: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_

[MediaWiki-l] Why is MW 1.28 obsolete?

Can anyone say simply why 1.28 is obsolete and 1.27 is still supported? I'm not looking for anything too technical. I'm just curious as to what went wrong. Sounds like there must be an interesting story there. -Rich ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list To un