The extension and the wiki page has been updated. It now resolves this issue with multiple revisions having the same timestamp, by returning an 'HTTP/1.1 300 Multiple Choices' with the list of revision URIs that has the same timestamp. -Harihar
Steve Bennett wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:43 AM, Nikola Smolenski <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> * the timestamp isn't a unique identifier, multiple revisions *might* have >>> the >>> same timestamp. We need a tiebreak (rev_id would be the obvious choice). >>> >> I'd say it is, if sufficiently precise :) If not, either use the >> lowest/highest rev_id, or the user could be asked to choose a version. >> > > Seems like a non-issue. User requests the page as it was on the 18th > of december 2006, at 16:45:12 UTC. Which of two (or more versions of > the page) stored within that second is returned is academic, isn't it? > If they know there are two versions and want to refer to a specific > one, they should use a rev_id, not a time. > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
