Thank you for the update, and thanks to all the staff involved in the software migration.
On Wed, 24 Nov 2021 at 22:26, Lucy Crompton-Reid < lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Hi Geni (and all) > > We have moved to 1.35.4 (the latest LTS version) this evening. > > I think it's fair to say that the old site was the result of many years of > incremental upgrades and changes which were making it difficult to maintain > and do major or minor updates in the usual way. Upgrades to PHP also had > the potential to affect Wordpress, so that needed to be evaluated. Our IT > contractor has therefore created a new site with a fresh configuration and > set of extensions, which can be updated as needed. > > I understand the frustration that has been expressed over the past few > weeks about Wikimedia UK's IT infrastructure. This year much of our focus > (including time, energy and development budget) has been spent on creating > and launching our new public-facing Wordpress-based website, which is here > <https://wikimedia.org.uk/>. I'm sorry if that has meant less attention > has been given to maintaining the wiki site. I do appreciate the community > drawing attention to some of these issues, and your interest in ensuring > that our IT is fit for purpose. > > Best wishes > Lucy > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 at 00:14, geni <geni...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, 22 Oct 2021 at 09:22, Lucy Crompton-Reid < >> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: >> >>> Thank you Sam, I've been on annual leave while I moved house but I did >>> mean to email back to say that our IT contractor was looking at it. I will >>> now pass on the gentle nudge! Best, Lucy >>> >>> >> >> 4 weeks; Still reads version 1.31.0. Which presumably means you also >> missed the 16 security and maintenance patches on this version. I >> understand that you might prefer a gentle nudge but this is very much >> the point where you fix it now or admit you can't maintain it and pull it. >> -- >> geni >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > -- > > Lucy Crompton-Reid > > Chief Executive > > > > <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/> > > Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for > the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. > > Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by > Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. > > Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, > London SE1 0NZ > <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> > . > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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