As per the MediaWiki version lifecycle[1], I would like to announce the
formal end of life (EOL) of MediaWiki 1.42 as of Monday June 30, 2025.
1.42.7 is expected to be the last release for this branch.
This means that MediaWiki 1.42 will no longer receive maintenance or
security backports. It is therefore strongly discouraged that you continue
to use it.
It is recommended to upgrade either to the next LTS, 1.43, which will be
supported until December 2027, or to the soon to be released MediaWiki
1.44, which will be supported until at least June 2026.
Thanks!
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle
Hi all,
On Monday we will be issuing a security and maintenance release to all
supported branches of MediaWiki.
The new releases will be:
- 1.39.13
- 1.42.7
- 1.43.2
This will also resolve security issues in bundled extensions, along with
bug fixes included for maintenance reasons.
These security issues also affect many unsupported versions of MediaWiki.
We will make the fixes available in the respective release branches and
master in git. Tarballs will be available for the above mentioned point
releases as well.
A summary of some of the security fixes that have gone into non-bundled
MediaWiki extensions will also follow later.
As a reminder, MediaWiki 1.35 became end of life (EOL) in December 2023,
MediaWiki 1.40 became EOL in June 2024 and MediaWiki 1.41 became EOL in
December 2024.
MediaWiki 1.42 becomes EOL at the end of June 2025.
MediaWiki 1.39 (the old LTS before 1.43) becomes EOL in November 2025.
It is strongly recommended to upgrade to 1.43 (the next LTS after 1.39),
which will be supported until December 2027.
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle
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Hello,
We are pleased to announce that version 3.0 of the MediaWiki distribution
Docker image Canasta has been released, which includes MediaWiki 1.43.
(Canasta only supports LTS MediaWiki versions, so the version included
before was 1.39.) Other improvements and additions in this new Canasta
version include:
- Much of the code was split off into a separate Docker image,
"CanastaBase", making it much easier to create a Canasta-based MediaWiki
distribution that holds a different set of extensions and skins (or other
changes).
- The Postfix utility was added, allowing for email support out-of-the-box.
- Direct usage of the "Recommended Revisions" listings (
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Recommended_Revisions) for the set of
extensions and skins, which is hopefully a further step toward a
standardization of these listings as a sort of best practices resource.
You can read more about, and download, Canasta here:
https://canasta.wiki/
You can also read more about it on mediawiki.org:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Canasta
-Yaron and the other Canasta developers
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