WikiReleaseTeam/Release candidate announcement

Subject
First 1.24 release candidate

Message
Hello everyone,

I would like to announce the first 1.24 release candidate. Release candidates are intended to provide you with an opportunity to test a release and let us know of any problems that you encounter that should be fixed before a final release.

Download links are given at the end of this email.

Release notes for 1.24: 

Public keys: 

1.24 Download: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.24/mediawiki-1.24.0-rc.0.tar.gz

GPG signatures: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.24/mediawiki-core-1.24.0-rc.0.tar.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.24/mediawiki-1.24.0-rc.0.tar.gz.sig https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.24/mediawiki-1.24.0-rc.0.patch.gz.sig

Mark A. Hershberger (Wiki Release Team)