Dear Wikitech-l
REL1_24 was branched and announced ahead of schedule[0].
Our schedule[1] clearly states that we will announce a branch one week
before we make one in order to allow developers to put any necessary work
into the branch and keep backports to a minimum.
The current release is planned for 2014-11-26[2]. According to our
schedule, the actual REL1_24 branch should be made on 2014-10-22.
Please excuse the error and do not deprecate anything while we make the
necessary corrections. Unless there is a good reason to keep the branch,
we will revert the current REL1_24 branch on Monday evening.
Finally, while we are very happy to have help with the release work, we
do ask that you coordinate with us to ensure a controlled process free
of disruption.
Signed,
Mark and Markus
[0]
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/q/project:mediawiki/core+branch:REL1_24,n,z)
[1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiReleaseTeam/Release_process#Release_proc…
[2]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiReleaseTeam/Release_timeline