Release time (roadmap) of 1.6?

Moin,

"MediaWiki 1.6 is not released yet, even though
MediaWiki 1.6alpha is 
currently running on all Wikimedia sites (since August
2005)".

Ouch, so 1.6 is in Alpha stage for now about 7 months. I am
afraid I have 
to ask the questin again: 

* Is there a roadmap/release schedule telling us when people
running other 
wikis can enjoy the features of 1.6, too?

I would like to upgrade a few wikis, but without a stable
release I am 
unable to do so - running alpha code on a production wiki
isn't such a 
good idea if you don't have the great network admins from
Wikipedia in 
the background 

Thanx for your time,

Tels

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Tels wrote:
> * Is there a roadmap/release schedule telling us when
people running other 
> wikis can enjoy the features of 1.6, too?

The current evil plan is to move to quarterly snapshot
releases.

Since we're doing continuous integration and keeping The
Primary Code on a
production site, in theory we can make production-quality
releases at any time
(such as we are able); roughly every 3 months should be fast
enough for the 'I
want features!' crowd, hopefully!

1.6.0 will release next week.

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Moin,

On Wednesday 29 March 2006 20:04, Brion Vibber wrote:
> Tels wrote:
> > * Is there a roadmap/release schedule telling us
when people running
> > other wikis can enjoy the features of 1.6, too?
>
> The current evil plan is to move to quarterly snapshot
releases.
>
> Since we're doing continuous integration and keeping
The Primary Code
> on a production site, in theory we can make
production-quality releases
> at any time (such as we are able); roughly every 3
months should be
> fast enough for the 'I want features!' crowd,
hopefully!

Yes, thats enough releases - if you release more often,
people need to 
upgrade more often, too 

>
> 1.6.0 will release next week.

Wowa, second time I am responsible for a release! (just
kidding! 

Anyway, thanx for the work and explanation, I know doing
releases is extra 
work.

Best wishes,

Tels


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Tels wrote:
>> 1.6.0 will release next week.
> 
> Wowa, second time I am responsible for a release! (just
kidding! 

Actually, Evan Prodromou talked me into this schedule this
weekend, I just
forgot to tell anyone. 

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On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 10:04 -0800, Brion Vibber wrote:
> The current evil plan is to move to quarterly snapshot
releases.
> 
> Since we're doing continuous integration and keeping
The Primary Code on a
> production site, in theory we can make
production-quality releases at any time
> (such as we are able); roughly every 3 months should be
fast enough for the 'I
> want features!' crowd, hopefully!

Part of me says "yay!" and part of me says
"eek!".  Questions:

1.  How long will security updates be available for a major
release?  It
would suck to /have/ to make major upgrades every 3 months
just to keep
on the security update train.
2.  Is next week going to be "rc1", or is the
whole release candidate
phase considered a sign of weakness 

It seems that six-month cycles are all the rage now.  Three
month cycles
are so 2002.

Rob


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Moin,

On Wednesday 29 March 2006 21:23, Brion Vibber wrote:
> Tels wrote:
> >> 1.6.0 will release next week.
> >
> > Wowa, second time I am responsible for a release!
(just kidding! 
>
> Actually, Evan Prodromou talked me into this schedule
this weekend, I
> just forgot to tell anyone. 

You had to shatter my gleem, hadn't you 

Best wishes,

Tels

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When there is a significant release like this 1.6, are their
typically upgrade operations that have to be performed on
the
database to bring it up to new functionality ?  Say for
example,
moving from 1.5.6 to 1.6.

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Hiram Clawson wrote:
> When there is a significant release like this 1.6, are
their
> typically upgrade operations that have to be performed
on the
> database to bring it up to new functionality ?  Say for
example,
> moving from 1.5.6 to 1.6.

See the file UPGRADE in the MediaWiki distribution.

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On 31/03/06, Brion Vibber <brionpobox.com> wrote:
> Hiram Clawson wrote:
> > When there is a significant release like this 1.6,
are their
> > typically upgrade operations that have to be
performed on the
> > database to bring it up to new functionality ? 
Say for example,
> > moving from 1.5.6 to 1.6.
>
> See the file UPGRADE in the MediaWiki distribution.

And have the obligatory...

1.5.6!? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING RUNNING SOFTWARE THAT
OLD? UPGRADE, MAN!


Rob Church
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