#37 | Compatibility and branching strategy

[winstonsung]

2025-01-17 update:

• Master compatible with latest stable MediaWiki version.
• Branch for non-latest-stable MediaWiki version.

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Notes:

(currently none)

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Previous strategy:

* Master compatible with supported MediaWiki versions. * Branch and stop update for end-of-life MediaWiki version. * Consider create and sync supported version branches to tag using CI.

Timeline of supported versions:

• 1.43 (LTS)
  • 2027-12-xx: MediaWiki 1.43.x will be end of life.
  • 2024-12-21: MediaWiki 1.43.0 released.
• 1.42
  • 2025-06-xx: MediaWiki 1.42.x will be end of life.
  • 2025-01-16: Dropped support for MediaWiki 1.42.x in masterand use REL1_42 for cherry-picks.
  • 2024-06-27: MediaWiki 1.42.0 released.
• 1.39 (LTS)
  • 2025-11-xx: MediaWiki 1.39.x will be end of life.
  • 2025-01-16: Dropped support for MediaWiki 1.39.x in masterand use REL1_39 for cherry-picks.
  • 2025-01-16: Branched REL1_39.
  • 2022-11-30: MediaWiki 1.39.0 released.

Timeline of unsupported versions:

• 1.41
  • 2025-01-16: Dropped support for MediaWiki 1.41.x in master .
  • 2025-01-16: Branched REL1_41 .
  • 2024-12-31: MediaWiki 1.41.x is end of life.
  • 2023-12-21: MediaWiki 1.41.0 released.
• 1.40
  • 2024-04-07: Branched REL1_40 and dropped support in master .
  • 2024-06-28: MediaWiki 1.40.x is end of life.
  • 2023-06-30: MediaWiki 1.40.0 released.
• 1.38
  • 2024-04-06: Branched REL1_38 and dropped support in master .
  • 2023-06-30: MediaWiki 1.38.x is end of life.
  • 2022-06-02: MediaWiki 1.38.0 released.
• 1.37
  • 2024-04-06: Branched REL1_37 and dropped support in master .
  • 2022-11-30: MediaWiki 1.37.x is end of life.
• 1.36
  • 2024-12-22: Branched missing REL1_36 from REL1_37.
  • 2024-04-06: Dropped support in master .
  • 2022-06-03: MediaWiki 1.36.x is end of life.