SupportedVersions
From Mahara Wiki
Definition of support
Being supported means:
- The release team is committed to making available updates to Mahara that are security related.
- Occasionally, some other serious bug fixes will be included, but these are not guaranteed.
Release schedule
| Unsupported | Currently in support | Not yet released |
Current and upcoming releases (Mahara 1.5+)
As of Mahara 1.5 and the adoption of the 6-month release cycle which started for Mahara 1.6, Mahara is supported for the duration of 3 release cycles.
| Release number | Release date | End of support |
| 1.8 | October 2013 | April 2015 |
| 1.7 | April 2013 | October 2014 |
| 1.6 | October 2012 | April 2014 |
| 1.5 | April 2012 | October 2013 |
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 |
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. Only versions installed from the universe repositories are given security fixes beyond the official Mahara end of support date.
Distribution versions
In the tables below, the "Mahara version" is the Mahara release that the functionality is comparable to, and once a version of Ubuntu or Debian is released, the functionality does not change. However all security fixes found for these versions get added to the packages in the repositories, and we work closely with these distributions to provide this extended security support.
When a version of a distribution is released, the base number of the Mahara package will remain static from then on, however when patches are applied the distribution's patch number for the package will change (Eg, 1.5.1 without patches is 1.5.1-1, with one set of patches it will be 1.5.1-2).
The Mahara version listed below for unreleased versions of each distribution may change before their release date.
| * | May be a later major version by release date |
| ** | May be a later minor version by release date |
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 | Mahara version | End of life date |
| Ubuntu 12.10 | Quantal Quetzal | 1.5.1 * | April 2014 |
| Ubuntu 12.04 LTS | Precise Pangolin | 1.4.2 | April 2017 |
| Ubuntu 11.10 | Oneiric Ocelot | 1.4.0 | April 2013 |
| Ubuntu 11.04 | Natty Narwhal | 1.2.7 | October 2012 |
| Ubuntu 10.10 | Maverick Meerkat | 1.2.5 | April 10, 2012 |
| Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS | Lucid Lynx | 1.2.4 | April 2015 |
Debian
Debian releases are supported until one year after the next version is released.
| Version | Code name | Mahara version | End of life date |
| Debian 7 | Wheezy | 1.5.1 ** | TBA |
| Debian 6 | Squeeze | 1.2.6 | TBA |