On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Petr Bena <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I would like to notice that I am now working on rewrite of mw-bot, > called wm-bot (wikimedia bot - it's supposed to serve in various > wikimedia chans), the bot now is supporting exactly same functions as > mw bot + some more, and I think it would be good if we replaced > current mw-bot in future at some point. The reasons are: > > - Old bot is written in java and nearly no one has access to source > code, neither is managing it, the bot is still running without > problems rather thanks to original creator who did a great work and > made a very stable code, extending the bot with more features could be > problem. > > - New bot is in svn (tools/wmib) so that anyone can participate on > development and even on operation of the bot > > - New bot is running on wmf labs so that it should be running on more > stable server with better connectivity and also is better accessible > for others, because apart of toolsever it's no problem to give acess > to service user account to more devs (anyone with svn account can get > access there) so that more people can operate the bot and patch it. > > I converted current database and it's running in #mediawiki-move so > that you can try various commands like (!mediawiki !b <id>), any > feedback on this whole idea and bot is welcome also please before you > start commiting changes to source code, keep in mind that I now work > on splitting it to more files so that we avoid conflicts when > commiting changes, it should be done by today. > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > "- Old bot is written in java" And C# is an improvement? -- John _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
