There're still cases / some bugs where *links tables can't be updated automatically. touch.py and similar techniques work as a workaround.
On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 9:12 AM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > Liangent wrote: > >It seems touch.py should be updated to make use of forcelinkupdate, > >forcerecursivelinkupdate and generator parameters of api.php?action=purge, > >to reduce traffic. > > > >https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Purge > > As far as I can tell, touch.py should not be necessary. Purging (including > links updates) should just work in MediaWiki. Individual users shouldn't > feel compelled to manually null edit or aggressively purge pages. I'd > personally rather see time and energy invested into making the need for > null edits obsolete instead of making touch.py more robust. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
