MediaWiki 1.21/Roadmap/status

Last update on: 2012-10-monthly

2012-10-10
1.21wmf1 deployed to all WMF wikis

2012-10-18
We've deployed 1.21wmf2 to the test wikis, mediawiki.org, and the Phase I sites except for Meta and Commons. We'll deploy 1.21wmf2 to Meta and Commons on Monday, October 22nd as part of the English Wikipedia deployment window.

(Phase I deployment was delayed due to a parser cache issue.)

2012-10-20
We've deployed MediaWiki 1.21wmf2 to all the Phase I wikis, and will deploy to English Wikipedia on Monday, October 22nd.

2012-10-26
We've deployed MediaWiki 1.21wmf2 to all wikis. This branch contained the ContentHandler code necessary for supporting Wikidata, as well as high-resolution image support, some refactoring of the CologneBlue skin, and a new "Sites" backend (also used by Wikidata). Deployment of MediaWiki 1.21wmf3 begins Monday, October 29 and will continue through Wednesday, November 7.

2012-10-monthly
We started the MediaWiki 1.21 series this month. We deployed MediaWiki 1.21wmf1 and MediaWiki 1.21wmf2 to all wikis. 1.21wmf2 contained a number of significant features: ContentHandler code necessary for supporting Wikidata, as well as high-resolution image support, some refactoring of the CologneBlue skin, and a new "Sites" backend (also used by Wikidata). Deployment of MediaWiki 1.21wmf3 begins Monday, October 29 and will continue through Wednesday, November 7.