Topic on Module talk:Version

LTS picks 1.27 instead of 1.23

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Summary by BDavis (WMF)

The latest LTS should be displayed as the LTS version, but a new "legacylts" version that tracks the oldest LTS available is now supported by Module:Version and used in Template:MW legacy lts branch number and Template:MW legacy lts release number.

Ciencia Al Poder (talkcontribs)

Legoktm edited it to, apparently, make it so 1.27 is displayed as latest, but when an LTS is the latest version, the LTS displayed is the previous version, but this is not working, resulting in two 1.27 links in Download.

BDavis (WMF) (talkcontribs)

I made a fix for that issue in https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Module:Version&oldid=2175631 but then @Legoktm, @^demon, and I talked about it on irc and decided that 1.27 is the LTS that should be promoted. This is roughly in line with the way that Ubuntu promotes their LTS versions. Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) is still maintained, but the LTS links on the Ubuntu website now promote 16.04 (Xenial) which is the both the newest LTS and the current stable release. For us, 1.23 is the "Legacy LTS" for the next 12 months or so. It will continue to receive critical patches, but we really don't want anyone who is doing a new install or upgrading from an older version to an LTS to use it.

Ciencia Al Poder (talkcontribs)

Ok, makes sense. Thanks for the reply

Krinkle (talkcontribs)
BDavis (WMF) (talkcontribs)

I added support for a "legacylts" version that will pick the oldest LTS version. This will be 1.23.x until we drop support for that in 2017. It will then be the same as the LTS version until we have a newer LTS branch than 1.27.