https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27618
Summary: Backup dumps could contain a title index
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: Maintenance scripts
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: s...@ludd.net
CC: innocentkil...@gmail.com
There are several readers available for mediawiki xml.bz2 dumps, some able to
read the native format, and others which transform the data.
All suffer from there not being an index into this data. It is a major barrier
to development and adoption by users.
The simplest remedy would be to register a dump filter which creates a text
file mapping article title -> byte offset. If this is done during the backup
process, there is almost no resource overhead.
I can write a patch if other developers agree this would be a worthwhile
pursuit.
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