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As of Mahara 1.5 and the adoption of the [[6MonthlyCycle|6-month release cycle]] which started for Mahara 1.6, each Mahara major version is supported for 3 release cycles (18 months). | As of Mahara 1.5 and the adoption of the [[6MonthlyCycle|6-month release cycle]] which started for Mahara 1.6, each Mahara major version is supported for 3 release cycles (18 months). | ||
A new major version of Mahara is released every 6 months. Starting with the 15.04 release (after 1.10), Mahara is changing its version numbering system to reflect the date the release is scheduled. So, the "15.04" release is scheduled to come out sometime in April (the 04th month) of 2015. | |||
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Revision as of 17:27, 6 November 2014
Current and upcoming releases
| Unsupported | Currently in support | Not yet released |
As of Mahara 1.5 and the adoption of the 6-month release cycle which started for Mahara 1.6, each Mahara major version is supported for 3 release cycles (18 months).
A new major version of Mahara is released every 6 months. Starting with the 15.04 release (after 1.10), Mahara is changing its version numbering system to reflect the date the release is scheduled. So, the "15.04" release is scheduled to come out sometime in April (the 04th month) of 2015.
| Release number | Release date | End of support |
| 15.04 | April 2015 | October 2016 |
| 1.10 | October 2014 | April 2016 |
| 1.9 | April 2014 | October 2015 |
| 1.8 | October 2013 | April 2015 |
| 1.7 | April 2013 | October 2014 |
| 1.6 | October 2012 | April 2014 |
Older releases (pre Mahara 1.6)
For Mahara 1.4 and earlier, support has been provided for 2 release cycles.
| Release number | Release date | End of support |
| 1.5 | April 2012 | October 2013 |
| 1.4 | June 2011 | October 2012 |
| 1.3 | Sept 2010 | April 2012 |
Definition of support
Being "supported" means:
- The release team is committed to making available updates to Mahara that are security related.
- (See Security to find out how to report security bugs to us.)
- Occasionally, some other serious bug fixes will be included, but these are not guaranteed.
- (If you find another type of bug, please let us know by reporting it on the mahara.org forums or directly on Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+filebug)