(please correct in case of misconceptions)
At the moment, there are the wmf/1.35.0-wmf.3
, the REL1_34
and the master
branch. 1.33 (stable) is released, 1.34 (beta) isn't yet. 1.35 is marked as alpha, git master.
REL1_34
- contains commits not in 1.33 that will be part of the 1.34 release(, if not reverted).master
- contains commits not in 1.33 that will be part of the 1.35 release(, if not reverted). Most, if not all commits inREL1_34
are also in master. On the other hand, a (project manager|developer) could decide that a feature should not be part of 1.34 so you find the commit only inmaster
(and not inREL1_34
). Those features will become part of 1.35 -- at some point in the future theREL1_35
branch is created frommaster
.wmf/1.35.0-wmf.\d
- "Release" branches for the Wikimedia Wikis. While 1.34 isn't released, the Wikimedia Wikis receive changes from the master branch (1.35). There exist 3 groups of Wikis: The most less important always get the newest (highest) branch first (test.*, mediawiki.org) and the most important ones (en.wp) last. Having these branches helps applying "emergency" fixes and running Wikis with different Versions.