The xmldatadumps branch I have mods to is only the python code; the maintenance scripts run out of the deployment branch. When 1.17 is deployed those are the versions that run.
Ariel Στις 09-02-2011, ημέρα Τετ, και ώρα 23:08 +0100, ο/η Roan Kattouw έγραψε: > 2011/2/9 Jamie Morken <[email protected]>: > > > > Hi Ariel, > > > > I don't really understand why the dumps need to be halted as I thought the > > mediawiki code and database dump code were basically two separate entities > > already*. I guess the 1.17 branch code changes the structure of the > > database causing potential errors in the database dump? I also don't > > understand the "precautionary" logic of halting the dumps, as a dump with > > errors is better than no dump in the case where there are a limited supply > > of recent dumps due to the RAID server failure as well. If its only a > > couple day halt as you mentioned that's probably irrelevant, but it sounds > > like it may be a longer period of limited testing from your last wikitech > > email, which makes me wonder if it is even worth halting the dumps in the > > first place.. Also wouldn't potential dump errors be detected better if > > they continue to be produced and check them for errors, rather than halt > > them? > > > The dump code and MW code are intertwined, they're not separate. I > think the xmldumps-backup branch you're linking to is just a branch > Ariel is playing around in or working on dump-specific code or > something. > > We really don't want any maintenance scripts running when doing 1.17 > stuff, and the dumps use maintenance scripts. > > Roan Kattouw (Catrope) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
