For the past two weeks, we've been putting out SecureDrop point releases that, as the title gives away, upgraded the underlying server's entire operating system. Definitely the kind of change you expect when upgrading from 2.12.3 to 2.12.4. (An alternative title for this post could've been "Committing semver crimes" —…
Since its first version, SecureDrop has run on the Ubuntu Server operating system. Ubuntu provides security fixes and updates for each long-term support release for five years; SecureDrop currently uses Ubuntu 20.04 “Focal.” As of May 2025, that version will no longer be supported, so all servers must migrate to…
Packages for the MediaWiki 1.31 LTS release are now available for the new Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" release in my PPA. Please let me know if you run into any errors or issues. In the future these packages will be upgraded to the MediaWiki 1.35 LTS release, whenever that's…
LuaSandbox is now available for Xenial in https://launchpad.net/~legoktm/+archive/ubuntu/mediawiki-lts #scribunto #luasandbox #mediawiki
