Some use cases: * Dump validation (per Ariel) * Revert detection * Collapsing reversions in history to hide clutter * Replacing/augmenting baseRevId hacks in FlaggedRevs
Domas Mituzas wrote: > > >> >> * When reverting, do a select count(*) where md5=? and then do something >> more advanced when more than one match is found > > finally "we don't need an index on it" becomes "we need an index on it", > and storage efficiency becomes much more interesting (binary packing yay > ;-) > > so, what are the use cases and how does one index for them? is it global > hash check, per page? etc > > Domas > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-Adding-MD5---SHA1-column-to-revision-table-tp32497172p32503704.html Sent from the Wikipedia Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
