SupportedVersions

Definition of support

Being supported means:

• The release team is committed to making available updates to the Mahara that are security related.
• Occasionally some other serious bugfixes will be included, but these are not guaranteed.

Release Schedule

Unsupported

Currently in support

Not yet released

Current and Upcoming releases

As of Mahara 1.5 and the adoption of the 6 month release cycle, Mahara is supported for the duration of 3 release cycles.

Release number	Release date	End of Support
1.6	October 2012	April 2014
1.5	April 2012	September 2013

Older releases

For Mahara 1.4 and earlier, support has been provided for 2 release cycles.

Release number	Release date	End of Support
1.4	June 2011	October 2012
1.3	Sept 2010	April 2012

Extended support

We upload packaged versions of Mahara to Debian and Ubuntu, which can be installed via the repositories.

This means that we provide security fixes only for these packages until the "End of life" dates.

Ubuntu

LTS versions of Ubuntu (Marked in bold text in the table) are supported for 5 years, Normal releases are supported for 18 months.

Version	Code name	End of life date
Ubuntu 12.10	Quantal Quetzal	April 2014
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS	Precise Pangolin	April 2017
Ubuntu 11.10	Oneiric Ocelot	April 2013
Ubuntu 11.04	Natty Narwhal	October 2012
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS	Lucid Lynx	April 2015
Ubuntu 10.10	Maverick Meerkat	April 10, 2012
Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS	Hardy Heron	April 2013

Version	Code name	End of life date
Debian 7	Wheezy	TBA
Debian 6	Squeeze	TBA
Debian 5	Lenny	February 2012