XSF Discussion - 2019-09-02

wiki.xmpp.org hosts MediaWiki 1.25.4 (generator tag tells me that) from late 2015. would it be possible to upgrade MediaWiki to a recent version (or at least one with LTS, e.g. 1.31 with EOL June 2021) ?

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle

https://github.com/xsf/mediawiki-docker

Read: I don't know how, but it has something to do with that dockerfile

use docker they said

(this is exactly why I advise against the use of docker if you don’t have a lot of resources and instead rely on distribution packages only)

That tag doesn't even exist

> wiki.xmpp.org hosts MediaWiki 1.25.4 (generator tag tells me that) from late 2015. would it be possible to upgrade MediaWiki to a recent version (or at least one with LTS, e.g. 1.31 with EOL June 2021) ? wurstsalat: I said this a few months ago

open a ticket at the xsf org, then wait forever.

what jonas’ said

Yes, Docker is a nightmare for this

Consider security updates, there is nobody pushing those to you if you use Docker images, and not even any way to find out if you're running a vulnerable version (without manual work)

Obviously it simplifies a lot of other stuff, but I don't see it as a clear win for this reason

(and I'm speaking as someone heavily involved in maintenance, upgrades and recovery of the Mediawiki instance in the past... which was not exactly pleasant work)

i have also experienced the Docker image issues

jonas’: https://github.com/xsf/xeps/pull/813