Hmm, good point - it would never keep up. However, a bot would be able
to work on images already uploaded if we implemented a system right
into MediaWiki.

Perhaps a bugzilla?

Sean

On 17/04/07, Daniel Kinzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sean Whitton wrote:
> >> MD5-sums for all uploaded files would be sooo nice...
> >
> > Couldn't a bot generate these and store it on the toolserver?
> >
> > Sean
>
> That bot would have to download all files, in full scale, from all projects. 
> It
> would never catch up with uploads. It would also be inheritely silly... it's
> easy to just include that info in the image meta data stored on upload. But it
> would require a change to the db schema, so it has to be coordinated carefully
> with server admins. and someone has to write the code, obviously.
>
> -- Daniel
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