MediaWiki 1.28/Roadmap

Wikimedia Foundation projects MediaWiki 1.28 Deployment of MediaWiki 1.28.0-wmf.XX versions and release of MediaWiki 1.28 Group: Release Engineering Start: 2016-05-10 End: 2016-10-25 ← MediaWiki 1.27 MediaWiki 1.29 →

Timeline

Wikimedia deployments of MediaWiki 1.28 versions happen on weekly intervals, within a longer stretch (approximately 6 months) between publishing releases of the installer for third-party users. Read more.

Current status:  Done

Schedule for the deployments

See wikitech:Deployments for current schedule, dates, and times. Below is a summary.

Phase	Date	Wikis
1.28.0-wmf.23
group 2  Done	27 October 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	26 October 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	25 October 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.22
group 2  Done	13 October 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	12 October 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	11 October 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.21
group 2  Done	6 October 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	5 October 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	4 October 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.20
group 2  Done	22 September 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done Postponed due to several problems. Re-deployed at Thursday, 22 September 2016.	21 September 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done Postponed due to several problems. Re-deployed at Wednesday, 21 September 2016.	20 September 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.19
group 2 N Not done Reverted and postponed due to HHVM errors, broken account creation and other problems. Version skipped entirely.	15 September 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1 N Not done Deployment rescheduled for Thursday, 15 September 2016, due to task T145596 and task T145673. Reverted and postponed due to HHVM errors, broken account creation and other problems. Version skipped entirely.	14 September 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0 N Not done Reverted and postponed due to HHVM errors, broken account creation and other problems. Version skipped entirely.	13 September 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.18
group 2  Done	8 September 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	7 September 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	6 September 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.17
group 2  Done	1 September 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	31 August 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	30 August 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.16
group 2  Done	25 August 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	24 August 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	23 August 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.15
group 2  Done	18 August 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	17 August 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	16 August 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.14
group 2  Done	11 August 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	10 August 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	9 August 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.13
group 2  Done	4 August 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	3 August 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	2 August 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.12
group 2  Done	28 July 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	27 July 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	26 July 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.11
group 2  Done	21 July 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	20 July 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	19 July 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.10
group 2  Done	14 July 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	13 July 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done Deployment rescheduled for Wednesday, 13 July 2016, due to login problems.	12 July 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.9
group 2 N Not done Rolled back to previous version on July 12 due to a problem in log-in system.	7 July 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1 N Not done Rolled back to previous version on July 12 due to a problem in log-in system.	6 July 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0 N Not done Rolled back to previous version on July 12 due to a problem in log-in system.	5 July 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.8
group 2  Done	30 June 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	29 June 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	28 June 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.7
group 2  Done Not deployed due to save time Regression, re-deployed 2016-06-28	23 June 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	22 June 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	21 June 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.6
group 2  Done	16 June 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	15 June 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	14 June 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.5
group 2  Done	9 June 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	8 June 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	7 June 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.4
group 2  Done	2 June 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	1 June 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	31 May 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.3
group 2  Done	26 May 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	25 May 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	24 May 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.2
group 2  Done	19 May 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done	18 May 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	17 May 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
1.28.0-wmf.1
group 2  Done	12 May 2016	All Wikipedias
group 1  Done Not deployed due to redis unserialization problems, re-deployed 2016-05-12	11 May 2016	Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia, test2.wikipedia.org and all non-Wikipedia sites (Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikidata and a few other sites)
group 0  Done	10 May 2016	mediawiki.org; test.wikipedia.org; test.wikidata.org
Phase	Date	Wikis