On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Daniel Schwen <[email protected]> wrote:
> The simple (albeit ugly) solution would to add a parser version field to > the > revision table, drag the old parser along as 'legacy', make the new parser > the default (and only) option for all new edits, and spit out a warning > when > you are editing a legacy revision for the first time. The warning you be > made > dependent on the cases that break with the new parser. > Cases that break could be detected by comparing tidied HTML output from > both > parser versions. Sounds cool, but it'd require a formalization of MW markup first (something that should have been done long ago). What about correcting stuff from "old" behavior to new parser via bots/update scripts, even for old revisions? Marco -- VMSoft GbR Nabburger Str. 15 81737 München Geschäftsführer: Marco Schuster, Volker Hemmert http://vmsoft-gbr.de _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
