Re: [Wikitech-l] Release policy

2013-03-02 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, With the software now packaged with functionality for language support, it is well worth it to always mention how MediaWiki does REALLY support languages. It is a really strong argument for MediaWiki and, it is a best practice we can be proud of. Thanks, GerardM On 2 March 2013 15:35,

Re: [Wikitech-l] Release policy

2013-03-02 Thread Brian Wolff
True. But I believe the vast majority of third party users do not have that extension installed. -bawolff On 2013-03-02 7:30 AM, "Gerard Meijssen" wrote: > Hoi, > A minor point, i18n updates will be available through the > localisationupdate extension. > Thanks, > GerardM > > > On 25 Februa

Re: [Wikitech-l] Release policy

2013-03-02 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, A minor point, i18n updates will be available through the localisationupdate extension. Thanks, GerardM On 25 February 2013 16:02, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: > After the discussion last week, I want to scope out a release policy so > that we'll all know what to expect. > > * A major r

Re: [Wikitech-l] Release policy

2013-02-27 Thread Mark A. Hershberger
On 02/27/2013 02:10 PM, Quim Gil wrote: > In order for this to work, would the WMF teams do / not do anything > specific - or would this process be completely autonomous? We're still working on coordinating security releases, but other than that, we're assuming that WMF projects will continue to r

Re: [Wikitech-l] Release policy

2013-02-27 Thread Quim Gil
On 02/25/2013 07:02 AM, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: After the discussion last week, I want to scope out a release policy so that we'll all know what to expect. * A major release will be made every six months. * An LTS release will be made every two years. There will be a one-year overlap in LTS

Re: [Wikitech-l] Release policy

2013-02-25 Thread David Gerard
On 25 February 2013 15:02, Mark A. Hershberger wrote: > After the discussion last week, I want to scope out a release policy so > that we'll all know what to expect. As an end user, this entirely meets my expectations of what's reasonable to ask. Let's see if it's achievable (I don't see why it

[Wikitech-l] Release policy

2013-02-25 Thread Mark A. Hershberger
After the discussion last week, I want to scope out a release policy so that we'll all know what to expect. * A major release will be made every six months. * An LTS release will be made every two years. There will be a one-year overlap in LTS support. For example, 1.19 is supported until May 2