https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54541

John Mark Vandenberg <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from John Mark Vandenberg <[email protected]> ---
The is an interesting approach which I am guessing solves part of the 'SUL'
problem.

Instead of having to add usernames['wikipedia']['*'] = '..';
usernames['wikisource']['*'] = '..'; to user-config.py etc etc for every family
in the matrix of the global account.

If a account is logged into it.wp using an entry in user-config.py, and the bot
visits en.wikipedia, the bot *is* logged in, as they have a unified account,
and the cookie logs them in, and api.py automatically populates userinfo with
the username.

That works wonderfully, and doesnt need this patch.

I am guessing this patch is about when there is a 'problem' with the existing
login, which might be because of site.py tripping over itself (the login code
is a mess), or maybe the server asking the account to login again.

If the password_file contains simple two-part matching entry for the username
in siteinfo, the re-login will be automatic.  i.e. (bot_username, bot_password)
; not (family, username, password) or other options.

I would like to hear more about how this patch helps, but it does appear useful
in limited but crucial circumstances.

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