User:Iritscen/WikiFuture

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Below are any notable changes that we should look forward to, or watch out for, if upgrading MediaWiki (besides various security fixes). Source: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes

Oldest version of MediaWiki still supported as of June 2017: 1.27. Source: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle

You can browse each version of the MW code here: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/source/mediawiki/branches/master/

1.27

  • First release was in Jun. 2016.
  • 1.27 has several database changes since 1.26, and will not work without schema updates.
  • MediaWiki now requires PHP 5.5.9 and MySQL 5.0.3 instead of 5.0.2.
  • Many changes to the authentication process have been made, which may affect our third-party extension ConfirmAccount.

1.28

These changes are listed through 1.28.2.
  • First release was in Nov. 2016.
  • 1.28 has several database changes since 1.27, and will not work without schema updates.
  • Numeric sorting in categories is now supported.