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== Older news ==
; 2013-03-11
* [[QA/Browser testing/Search features|QA weekly goal: browser automation testing for Wikipedia search]]
; 2013-03-08
* [[Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013|Wikimedia Hackathon in Amsterdam, May 24-26. Registration open.]]
; 2013-03-06
* [[Bug_management/Triage/20130307|Join our Bug Day tomorrow and help triaging MediaWiki - General reports.]]
; 2013-03-04
*{{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2013-March/000125.html|MediaWiki 1.20.3 and 1.19.4 security releases]] are now available.
; 2013-02-22
* [[w:Wikipedia:Lua|Wikipedia? starts supporting the Lua scripting language for writing templates]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ccTm_IdZBw Video: Wikimedia & wikiHow mobile updates]
; 2013-02-21
* Smartphone photographers: join the [[Mobile_QA/Commons_uploads|Wikimedia Commons mobile uploads testing week]], starting on Feb 25.
* [[w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-02-18/Technology report|The Signpost Technology report: Better templates and 3D buildings]].
; 2013-02-20
* [https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale11x/presentations/mediawiki-extensions-gadgets-and-modules MediaWiki extensions, gadgets, and modules at SCALE 11x] - this weekend in Los Angeles.
; 2013-02-11
* The MediaWiki community will apply to be part of the [[Summer of Code 2013|2013 edition of Google Summer of Code]] ([http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-February/066412.html announcement]).
; 2013-02-08
* [[Extension:PageImages|PageImages]] extension aims to return the single most appropriate thumbnail associated with an article.
* [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/07/echo-a-new-notification-system-for-wikipedia/ Echo: A new notification system for Wikipedia]
* [https://packagist.org/packages/mediawiki/core Mediawiki is on Packagist]
* [[How to contribute/Presentation|How to hack on Wikipedia]] presentation at [[Events/FOSDEM|FOSDEM]] - [[commons:media:How to hack on Wikipedia.webm|video]] & [[commons:media:How to hack on Wikipedia.pdf|slides]]
; 2013-02-05
* The Signpost Technology report: [[w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-02-04/Technology report|Wikidata team targets English Wikipedia deployment]]
* [[Apps/Commons|Commons app project]] starts releasing nightly builds of Android version for testing.
; 2013-02-04
* [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/01/from-duct-tape-to-puppets/ From duct tape to puppets: How a new data center became an opportunity to do things right]
* [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/01/wikipedia-mobile-hits-3-billion-monthly-page-views/ Wikipedia Mobile Hits 3 Billion Monthly Page Views]
* [[m:Kiwix|Kiwix]] project leader [http://sourceforge.net/blog/potm-201302/ interview].
* [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/01/wikimedia-idealab-is-an-experiment-in-user-friendly-grantmaking/ Wikimedia IdeaLab is an experiment in user-friendly grantmaking] - applies to software projects as well.
; 2013-01-31
* Our sessions at [[Events/FOSDEM|FOSDEM]]:
*: [https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/event/testing_mediawiki/ How MediaWiki is tested]
*: [https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/event/research_data_analyst/ Research / Data Analyst]
*: [https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/event/how_to_hack_on_wikipedia/ How to hack on Wikipedia]
* [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/31/geodata-a-new-age-of-geotagging-on-wikipedia/ GeoData: a new age of geotagging on Wikipedia] - based on the [[Extension:GeoData|GeoData extension]]
* [[w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-01-28/Technology report|The Signpost technology report: Developers get ready for FOSDEM amid caching problems]]
; 2013-01-30
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xowa/ XOWA - A free, open-source, offline Wikipedia application] ([http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/offline-l/2013-January/001105.html developer intro])
; 2013-01-29
* [[QA/Weekly goals|QA weekly goals]]:
*: [[Bug_management/Triage#Next_meeting|Review 250 open bugs unchanged for more than one year]]
*: [[VisualEditor/Testing Non-Latin Characters Input and Behavior|VisualEditor: Testing Non-Latin Characters Input and Behavior??]]
; 2013-01-26
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2013-January/005857.html New Wikivoyage app for Android] ([https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.github.OxygenGuide Google Play link])
; 2013-01-25
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-January/065997.html MediaWiki SVN repository marked as read-only]
* Check the [[Parsoid/Roadmap|roadmap]] of [[Parsoid]], the wikitext / HTML / RDF translator required by the [[VisualEditor]] extension.
* [http://jobvite.com/m?3NKlGfwi Wikimedia Foundation is looking for: Technical Writer]
; 2013-01-23
* [[w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-01-21/Technology report|The Signpost technology report: Data centre migration successful]]
* [http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships Wikimedians attending Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong this August can apply for a scholarship] (deadline: Feb 22)
; 2013-01-19
* [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/19/wikimedia-sites-move-to-primary-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia/ Wikimedia sites to move to primary data center in Ashburn, Virginia]
* [[Bug management/Triage|Next Bug Day: Jan 29, 17:00-23:00 UTC]]
; 2013-01-18
* [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/17/new-grants-available-from-the-wikimedia-foundation-for-individual-wikimedians/ New grants available from the Wikimedia Foundation for individual Wikimedians]
* New [[Manual:Pywikipediabot/Wikidata|manual]] for using [[Manual:Pywikipediabot|Pywikipediabot]] for [http://wikidata.org Wikidata]
* Beautiful [https://vimeo.com/57671929 demo video] showcasing [http://seizam.com Seizam]'s collaborative features
* [https://github.com/OSAS/strapping-mediawiki Strapping], a friendly starter theme for MediaWiki - in use at [http://www.ovirt.org oVirt.org]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee Mailing list for Editor Engagement tech] now open - see [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/ee/2013-January/000048.html welcome message]
; 2013-01-17
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH902KsEYag Video]: [[m:Apache Solr|Solr]] use in MediaWiki [[Extension:Translate|Translate extension]], by [[User:Nikerabbit|Niklas Laxström]]
* [[Extension:BlueSpice|BlueSpice]] 1.20.1 patch release ([http://hilfe.blue-spice.org/index.php/BlueSpice_1.20.1/Changelog notes])
* [http://thecustomizewindows.com/2013/01/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-rackspace-cloud-sites-video-guide/ How To Install MediaWiki on Rackspace Cloud Sites Video Guide]
; 2013-01-16
* [[w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-14/Technology_report|Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment]] - The Signpost Technology report
; 2013-01-14
* Promotion, marketing & outreach at the new [[Groups/Promotion|MediaWiki Group Promotion]]
* [[Groups/San Francisco|MediaWiki Group San Francisco]] becomes our first local group
* Putting together a list of [[MediaWiki vendors]]
; 2013-01-11
* [http://jobvite.com/m?30WkFfwF Wikimedia Foundation is looking for: Tools Lab Operations Engineer (Contractor)]
* Wikipedia [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/11/mobile-beta-a-sandbox-for-new-experimental-features/ Mobile Beta: a sandbox for new experimental features]
* [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/11/a-more-efficient-translation-interface/ A more efficient translation interface] (includes demo video)
; 2013-01-10
* [[Wikimedia_engineering_report/2012/December/summary|Wikimedia engineering December 2012 report]]
; 2013-01-09
* [[MediaWiki 1.21]] is under development. Watch its wiki page and follow [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2013-January/065549.html the thread at wikitech-l].
* [[w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-01-07/Technology report|Looking ahead to 2013 - The Signpost Technology report]]
; 2013-01-08
* [[Extension:Diff|Diff]] 0.4 [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2013-January/040455.html released]
; 2013-01-07
* [[Community_metrics/December_2012|MediaWiki community metrics December report]]
* [http://www.blue-spice.org/discover/download/bluespice-1200/ BlueSpice MediaWiki 1.20 stable release now available]
; 2013-01-05
* [http://jobvite.com/m?3WhPEfwq Wikimedia Foundation is looking for: Site Reliability Engineer]
; 2013-01-03
* [http://www.semanticsoftware.info/first-open-source-release-semantic-assistants-wiki-nlp Natural Language Processing for MediaWiki: First major release of the Semantic Assistants Wiki-NLP Integration ]
* [[Echo (Notifications)|Meet the Echo development team on Jan 8 and learn about the upcoming notifications framework for MediaWiki]]
* [[Events/MediaWiki Workshop - Kolkata|MediaWiki Workshop in Kolkata this Saturday at MozTI@BESU]]
; 2013-01-01
* [http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/2013/01/01/wikimedias-bug-management/ Wikimedia’s Bug Management]
; '''2012-12-04: 1.20.2 released'''
* {{bugfix}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-December/000123.html|MediaWiki 1.20.2]] is now available.
; '''2012-11-30: 1.20.1, 1.19.3, 1.18.6 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-November/000122.html|MediaWiki 1.20.1, 1.19.3 and 1.18.6 security releases]] are now available.
; '''2012-11-07: 1.20.0 released'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-November/000120.html|MediaWiki 1.20.0]] is now available.
; '''2012-08-31: 1.19.2, 1.18.5 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html|MediaWiki 1.19.2 and 1.18.5 security releases]] are now available.
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; '''2012-06-13: 1.19.1, 1.18.4, 1.17.5 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000118.html|MediaWiki 1.19.1]], [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000117.html|MediaWiki 1.18.4]] and [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000116.html|MediaWiki 1.17.5]] security releases now available.
; '''2012-05-02: 1.19.0 released'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-May/000115.html|MediaWiki 1.19.0]] is now available.
; '''2012-04-26: 1.19.0 rc1 released'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-April/000114.html|MediaWiki 1.19.0 rc 1]] is now available.
; '''2012-04-26: 1.18.3 released'''
* {{bugfix}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-April/000113.html|MediaWiki 1.18.3]] is now available.
; '''2012-04-26: 1.17.4 released'''
* {{bugfix}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-April/000112.html|MediaWiki 1.17.4]] is now available.
; '''2012-03-27: Switch to Git: Complete for core & WMF extensions'''
* {{branching}} <span class=plainlinks>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-03-26/Technology_report MediaWiki core + extensions WMF deploys have switched] to [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/ Git] ([[Git|details]]).</span>
; '''2012-03-22: 1.19.0 beta2 released'''
* {{bugfix}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000111.html|MediaWiki 1.19.0 beta 2]] is now available.
; '''2012-03-22: 1.18.2 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html|MediaWiki 1.18.2 security release]] is now available.
; '''2012-03-22: 1.17.3 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html|MediaWiki 1.17.3 security release]] is now available.
; '''2012-03-07: 1.19.0 beta1 released'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000108.html|MediaWiki 1.19.0 beta 1]] is now available.
; '''2012-02-29: Switch to Git: March 21'''
* {{branching}} <span class=plainlinks>[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-February/058456.html Postponing Git migration until March 21]</span>
; '''2012-02-26: Switch to Git in one week'''
* {{branching}} <span class="plainlinks">[https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/02/15/wikimedia-engineering-moving-from-subversion-to-git/ MediaWiki core + extensions WMF deploys will switch from Subversion to Git on <s>3 March 2012</s>.]</span>
; '''2012-01-11: 1.18.1 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-January/000107.html|MediaWiki 1.18.1 security & maintenance release]] is now available.
; '''2012-01-11: 1.17.2 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2012-January/000106.html|MediaWiki 1.17.2 security release]] is now available.
; '''2011-11-28: 1.18.0 released'''
* {{branching}} [[MediaWiki 1.18|MediaWiki 1.18.0]] has been released.
; '''2011-11-28: 1.17.1 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2011-November/000104.html|MediaWiki 1.17.1 security release]] is now available.
; '''2011-11-18: 1.18.0rc1 released'''
* {{bugfix}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2011-November/000103.html|MediaWiki 1.18.0rc1]] is now available.
; '''2011-11-04: 1.18 beta1 released'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2011-November/000102.html|MediaWiki 1.18 beta 1]] is now available.
; '''2011-06-22: 1.17.0 released'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2011-June/000101.html|MediaWiki 1.17.0]] has been released.
; '''2011-06-14: 1.17.0rc1 released'''
* {{bugfix}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2011-June/000100.html|MediaWiki 1.17.0rc1]] is now available.
; '''2011-05-05: 1.17 beta 1 released'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2011-May/000099.html|MediaWiki 1.17 beta 1]] is now available.
; '''2011-05-05: 1.16.5 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2011-May/000098.html|MediaWiki 1.16.5 security release]] available.
; '''2011-04-14: 1.16.4 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2011-April/000097.html|MediaWiki 1.16.4 security release]] available.
; '''2011-04-12: 1.16.3 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2011-April/000096.html|MediaWiki 1.16.3 security release]] available.
; '''2011-02-01: 1.16.2 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2011-February/000095.html|MediaWiki 1.16.2 security release]] available.
; '''2011-01-04: 1.16.1 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2011-January/000093.html|MediaWiki 1.16.1 security release]] available.
; '''2010-07-28: 1.16.0 and 1.15.5 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2010-July/000092.html|MediaWiki 1.16.0 and 1.15.5 security release]] available
; '''2010-05-28: 1.15.4, 1.16.0beta3 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2010-May/000091.html|MediaWiki 1.15.4 and 1.16.0beta3 security release]] available
; '''2010-04-07: 1.15.3, 1.16.0beta2 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2010-April/000090.html|MediaWiki 1.15.3 and 1.16.0beta2 security release]] available
; '''2010-03-12: 1.16.0beta1 released'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2010-March/000089.html|MediaWiki 1.16.0beta1 release]] available
; '''2010-03-08: 1.15.2 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2010-March/000088.html|MediaWiki 1.15.2 bugfix release]] available
; '''2009-07-13: 1.15.1, 1.14.1 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2009-July/000087.html|MediaWiki 1.15.1 bugfix release]] available
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2009-July/000087.html|MediaWiki 1.14.1 bugfix release]] available
; '''2009-06-10: 1.15.0 released'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2009-June/000086.html|MediaWiki 1.15.0 quarterly release]] available
; '''2009-05-16: 1.15.0rc1 released'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2009-May/000085.html|MediaWiki 1.15.0rc1 release candidate]] available
; '''2009-02-22: 1.14.0, 1.13.5 released'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2009-February/000084.html|MediaWiki 1.14.0 quarterly release]] available
* {{bugfix}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2009-February/000084.html|MediaWiki 1.13.5 bugfix release]] available
; '''2009-02-07: 1.13.4, 1.12.4, 1.6.12, and 1.14.0rc1 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2009-February/000083.html|Security updates]] available
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2009-February/000083.html|MediaWiki 1.14.0rc1 release candidate]] available
; '''2008-12-15: 1.13.3, 1.12.2, 1.6.11 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html|Security updates]] available
; '''2008-10-02: 1.13.2, 1.12.1 released'''
* {{security}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2008-October/000078.html|Security updates]] MediaWiki 1.13.2 and 1.12.1 available
; '''2008-09-06: 1.13.1 released'''
* {{bugfix}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2008-September/000077.html|MediaWiki 1.13.1 bugfix release]] available
; '''2008-08-14: 1.13.0 quarterly release'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2008-August/000076.html|MediaWiki 1.13.0 final release]] available, see [[Manual:Upgrading]].
; '''2008-08-11: 1.13.0rc2 release candidate'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2008-August/000075.html|MediaWiki 1.13.0rc2 release candidate]] available
; '''2008-07-25: 1.13.0rc1 release candidate'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2008-July/000074.html|MediaWiki 1.13.0rc1 release candidate]] available.
; '''2008-03-20: 1.12.0 quarterly release'''
* {{branching}} ''[[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2008-March/000072.html|MediaWiki 1.12.0 final release]] available, see [[Manual:Upgrading]].''
; '''2008-03-11: 1.12.0rc1 release candidate'''
* {{branching}} [[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2008-March/000071.html|MediaWiki 1.12.0rc1 release candidate]] available.
; '''2008-03-02: 1.11.2 security update, 1.10.4, 1.9.6 bugfix updates'''
* {{security}} ''[[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2008-March/000070.html|Security updates]] available.''
* {{bugfix}} ''[[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2008-March/000069.html|Bug fixes]] for regressions in previous security fix''
; '''2008-01-23: 1.11.1, 1.10.3, 1.9.5 security updates'''
* {{security}} ''[[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2008-January/000068.html|Security updates]] available.''
; '''2007-09-10: 1.11.0 new stable branch'''
* {{branching}} ''[[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2007-September/000067.html|Quarterly branch]] available, see [[Manual:Upgrading to 1.11]].''
; '''2007-09-10: 1.10.2, 1.9.4, 1.8.5 security updates'''
* {{security}} ''[[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2007-September/000067.html|Security updates]] available.''
; '''2007-09-05: 1.11.0 branch release candidate'''
* {{branching}} ''[[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2007-September/000066.html|MediaWiki 1.11.0rc1 release candidate]] available.''
; 2007-07-23:
* MediaWiki 1.11.0 release [[mailarchive:wikitech-l/2007-July/032449.html|will be held back until mid-August]], after the Wikimania 2007 conference, to allow for better testing of new features.
; '''2007-07-13: 1.10.1 bugfix release'''
* {{bugfix}} ''[[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2007-July/000064.html|MediaWiki 1.10.1 update]]''
; '''2007-05-09: 1.10.0 new stable branch'''
* {{branching}} ''MediaWiki 1.10.0 final release available, see [[Manual:Upgrading to 1.10]].''
; '''2007-05-04: 1.10.0 branch release candidate'''
* {{bugfix}} ''[[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2007-May/000062.html|MediaWiki 1.10.0rc2 release candidate]] available.''
; '''2007-04-30: 1.10.0 branch release candidate'''
* {{branching}} ''[[mailarchive:mediawiki-announce/2007-April/000061.html|MediaWiki 1.10.0rc1 release candidate]] available.''
; 2007-04-12
* MediaWiki 1.10.0 release [[mailarchive:wikitech-l/2007-April/030849.html|will be held back until the latter half of April]] to allow for better testing, performance tuning
; '''2007-02-20: 1.9.3, 1.8.4, 1.7.3, 1.6.10 security fix releases'''
* {{security}} ''Patched Internet Explorer-specific XSS vulnerability in non-default configuration (with experimental AJAX features enabled).''
; '''2007-02-04: 1.9.2 fix release'''
* {{security}} ''Patched XSS vulnerability in sortable tables; all 1.9 users should upgrade.''
* {{bugfix}} ''Fixes to Creative Commons license configuration, optional storage compression.''
; '''2007-01-24: 1.9.1 bug fix release'''
* {{bugfix}} ''Fixes to installation/upgrade, IIS, Opera/Mac and Firefox/X11 tooltip labels, security fix for optional DjVu support, and other fixes.''
; '''2007-01-10: 1.9.0 new stable branch'''
* {{branching}} ''Quarterly release [http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_9_0/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES updates], see also [[Manual:Upgrading to 1.9|Upgrading to 1.9]].''
; '''2007-01-09: 1.9.0rc2 testing release; 1.8.3, 1.7.2, 1.6.9 security fix releases'''
* {{security}} ''Patched XSS vulnerability in non-default configuration (with experimental AJAX features enabled).''
; '''2006-10-13: 1.8.2 bug fix release'''
* {{bugfix}} ''Fix for non-ASCII namespaces on Windows servers.''
; '''2006-10-11: 1.8.1 bug fix release'''
* {{bugfix}} ''Installer PHP 5 check, register_globals paranoia, disabled potentially information-leaky backtraces.''
; '''2006-10-10: 1.8.0 new stable branch'''
* {{branching}} ''Quarterly release [http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/tags/REL1_8_0/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES updates], see also [[Manual:Upgrading to 1.8|Upgrading to 1.8]].''
; '''2006-07-08: 1.7.1, 1.6.8 bug fix releases'''
* {{bugfix}} ''Fixed some installer issues in 1.7.''
* {{security}} ''Potential XSS with vulnerable PHP versions patched.''
; '''2006-07-07: 1.7.0 new stable branch'''
* {{branching}} ''Quarterly release [http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/tags/REL1_7_0/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES updates], see also [[Manual:Upgrading to 1.7|Upgrading to 1.7]].''
; '''2006-06-06: Fix for [[:en:Cross-site scripting|XSS]] in 1.6 branch'''
* {{security}} ''All 1.6 installations should upgrade to [[Important Release Notes|1.6.7]]. 1.5.x and earlier may be affected by some problems with extensions.''
; '''2006-05-23: Fix for XSS in 1.6 branch'''
* {{security}} ''All 1.6 installations should upgrade to 1.6.6. 1.5.x and earlier not affected.''
; '''2006-05-02: 1.6.5 more fixes'''
* {{bugfix}} ''Various fixes for other corner cases. 1.6.4 was slightly buggy.''
; '''2006-04-10: 1.6.3 installer fixes'''
* {{bugfix}} ''Installation on MySQL 4.0 older than 4.0.18 should work again.''
; '''2006-04-08: 1.6.2 extension fixes'''
* {{bugfix}} ''Extension tags with "/" in parameters work again. Some more installer fixlets.''
; '''2006-04-05: 1.6.1 installer fixes'''
* {{bugfix}} ''A few bugs affecting some installs on 1.6.0 fixed.''
; '''2006-04-05: 1.6.0 new stable branch'''
* {{branching}} ''Quarterly release brings [[Release notes/1.6|fun new features]], see also [[Manual:Upgrading to 1.6|Upgrading to 1.6]].''
; '''2006-03-26: 1.5.8 and 1.4.15 fix XSS injection bug'''
* {{security}} ''HTML injection in encoded page links.''
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