Thread:Project:Support desk/MediaWiki and WMF?/reply (2)

Thank you very much!

So is it true that the MediaWiki 1.17 software is still a beta version but Wikimedia Projects such as Wikipedia are already running on a Wikimedia-customized version of MediaWiki 1.17 software which is also a beta one?

and when will the 1.17 become a stable 'tag'? I am planning to build a MediaWiki site in my school in the next couple of months? Do you suggest that I use a 1.16.5 stable or a 1.17/1.18 from SVN?