[Wikitech-l] The case for a MediaWiki LTS release

Hi, Recently in the discussions about PHP version support, there have been some brief tangents about whether MediaWiki should continue to have LTS releases and what exactly those releases should entail. I'm writing this to document the current state of LTS in MediaWiki, explain why I use the LTS

Re: [Wikitech-l] The case for a MediaWiki LTS release

One of the key reasons I use and recommend LTS is that upgrading version to version can sometimes be a nightmare. Off hand I can think of the composer and skin repo changes that each took 1-2 hours to figure out and fix. Many of the users who use MediaWiki on either intranets or lesser hosting

Re: [Wikitech-l] The case for a MediaWiki LTS release

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 1:25 AM Legoktm wrote: > I think it would be helpful if other people who use LTS could share > their motivations for doing so, and if the release/security teams could > share what issues make LTS release support problematic or difficult (a >

Re: [Wikitech-l] The case for a MediaWiki LTS release

On Thursday, December 3, 2015, Chad wrote: > On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 1:25 AM Legoktm > wrote: > > > I think it would be helpful if other people who use LTS could share > > their motivations for doing so, and if the