Formally EOL MW 1.38
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	Reedy
	Feb 21 2023, 4:08 PM

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Due late June 2023, probably co-incides with a MW maintenance and security release (1.38.7) around the same time (Q2 2023).

As per the MediaWiki version lifecycle[1], I would like to announce the formal end of life (EOL) of MediaWiki 1.38 as of today, Friday June 30, 2023.

1.38.7 is expected to be the last release for this branch.

This means that MediaWiki 1.38 will no longer receive maintenance or security backports. It is therefore strongly discouraged that you continue to use it.

It is recommended to upgrade either to MediaWiki 1.39 (LTS), which will be supported until November 2025 or to 1.40 (released today), which will be supported until June 2024.

Thanks!


Sam Reed

[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle

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Due Date: Jun 30 2023, 10:30 PM

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	jjb: Drop REL1_38 MediaWiki jobs	integration/config	master	+0 -1
	Zuul: Drop REL1_38 pipeline, branch is EOL	integration/config	master	+0 -186

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