Hi,

Same response from me, I don't really understand this need for a new api.
The current one is working correctly (at least for me), has enough
documentation to let developers find their way for using it, ...

I'm currently using a lot of functions from the current API for WPCleaner
[1].
I've already done the upgrade from query.php to api.php in its time, and I
know that going from one api to an other again would require a lot of my
time to implement and test. And without any obvious improvement.

Nico

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WPCleaner



On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:11 AM, Chris Grant <[email protected]>wrote:

> Huge +1 for long term backwards compatibility.
>
> I can't quite see what problems this is trying to solve?
>
> Reading through
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API/API_rewrite/Kickoff_meeting
> I don't see any argument for why we are moving to replace the current API.
> It reads more like "oh, this'll be cool"!
>
> That said, I'm all for making Mediawiki more accessible to
> "apps"/mobile/whatever. In particular I'm thinking of o-auth (or similar),
> which is long overdue. Something like that would be very helpful for
> toolserver tools.
>
> I'm just a bit confused about why we need a new api. What are we trying to
> fix? What are the goals? And most importantly, we need a clear idea of
> where the current API fails.
>
> -- Chris
>
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