This is great! Thank you for all the hard work. On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 7:34 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi all, > > a new stable release Pywikibot 7 will be deployed at the end of this month. > There are a lot important points with this release, currently implemented > in > master branch: > > > Python Plattform: > ----------------- > > Pywkibot support of Python 3.5.0 - 3.5.2 will be dropped. The minimum > plattform > required is Python 3.5.3 which is preinstalled at toolforge. On the other > hand > Pywikibot also works with new Python 3.11.0a and *new* supports PyPy 3. > Most > used plattform measured by PyPy download statistic is Python 3.8 > (T266984). For > developers I highly propose to use Python 3.10 due to "Better error > messages" > (https://docs.python.org/3.10/whatsnew/3.10.html#better-error-messages). > > > Framework Scripts: > ------------------ > > The both scripts generate_family_file and generate_user_files were moved > from > framework root directory to pywikibot/scripts folder. The two scripts > shell and > version were moved from scripts folder to pywikibot/scripts. This > arrangement > was necessary to implement a code entry point for Pywikibot site-package. > Possibly you have to change the path environment setting to use these > scripts. > But all of them are still available through the pwb.py wrapper script. > > > Linux: > ------ > > Scripts hash bang was changed from python to python3. This enables to > invoke > scripts without preleading interpreter. > > > PAWS: > ----- > > Pywikibot 7 is a stable release and becomes the Pywikibot framework base on > PAWS. > > > Toolforge: > ---------- > > After deployment of Pywikibot 7 this stable release will be available under > /shared/pywikibot/stable and the current master can be accessed under > /shared/pywikibot/core. The pwb.py wrapper script can be used at Tooforge > and the similar script search is functional. > https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/master/utilities/index.html#module-pwb > > > MediaWiki: > ---------- > > No changes was made for supporting MediaWiki releases. Pywikibot 7 supports > MediaWiki 1.23-1.37. For current MediaWiki release 1.37 the minimum > Pywikibot > version must be 6.6.1. MW 1.19 requires PWB 5 and MW 1.14 requires PWB 4. > (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/Compatibility) > > > Pywikibot site-package (PyPi): > ------------------------------ > > Installing Pywikibot as a site package (pip install pywikibot==7.0) comes > with > many innovations. pywikibot i18n messages bundle is available. Framework > scripts listed above can be used with Pywikibot 7.The pwb wrapper script > is the > code entry point to invoke these scripts: > pwb [global options] <framework script> [script options|global options] > > > > Pywikibot Tests: > ---------------- > > Pywikibot CI tests were moved from Travis to GitHub action. There are two > actions implemented. The first runs up tp 20 workers in parallel and does > the > most tests whereas the second only runs login/logout tests but there are no > parallel task which would lead to failures due to not logged-in test > account. > > > Module Changes: > --------------- > > Support for API:Redirects was added in site and page module. > User.is_locked() > and APISite.is_locked() were added to determine whether a given user or > user id > is locked globally. The cached output functionality from compat release was > re-implemented. > > families: > Allow family files reside in `families` folder in base_dir by default. > This is > important if Pywikibot is used as a site-package. generate_family_file uses > this new place to save the family file. Wikihow family file was added. > > i18n module: > bundles() yields message bundle names or Path objects; known_languages() > gives > all languages we have localizations for. > > page module: > isStaticRedirect() also considers transcluded __STATICREDIRECT__. > put() and change_category() now has a show_diff parameter. > User.is_blocked() > can also detect range blocks. > > proofreadpage: > Wikimedia OCR engine is supported. > > site module: > APISite.get_globaluserinfo() method was added to retrieve globaluserinfo. > New "maxlimit" property was added to determine the limits for API loads. > > textlib module: > textlib comes with to_latin_digits() function as counterpart of > to_local_digits() and case_escape() which gives an escaped regex pattern > depending on 'first-letter' case. > > tools module: > intersect_generators was rewritten which makes it running up to 10’000 > times > faster. > > > Scripts Changes: > ---------------- > > Scripts descriptions can be viewed at > https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/master/scripts/index.html > > ConfigParserBot is provided for several scripts. Any option can be set > within > scripts.ini file. > > https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/master/api_ref/pywikibot.html#pywikibot.bot.ConfigParserBot > > add_text scripts provided -create and -createonly options. A CleanBot was > added > in category script which can be invoked by clean action option. It removes > redundant grandchildren categories. The fixing_redirect script uses > concurrent.futures to retrieve redirect targets; this decreases processing > time > by 90% if solving moved pages is enabled. > > > Deprecations: > ------------- > > Most of the deprecated code parts were removed to start with a new proper > and > maintainable code without budensome overhead. The deprecations must be > solved > if you have your own code based on Pywikibot before you upgrade to the new > release. Refer https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/master/changelog.html > to see > all changes. Run your scripts and focus on FutureWarnings about deprecated > code > parts. Refer the logs for deprecation warnings. Scripts must be run with > global > -log option; if your script does not use handle_args() function you can > invoke > it with the pwb wrapper script: > pwb.py -log <yourscript> [your options] > > > > Thank you all, comments are welcome > > xqt > _______________________________________________ > pywikibot mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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