Steinsplitter, just to be clear, you meant "API", not "app", correct?
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 3:49 AM, Steinsplitter Wiki < steinsplitter-w...@live.com> wrote: > I haven't followed this discussion, however i am wondering why api is not > keep backward compatible. This will break a lot of stuff and i am wondering > why we need such changes in the app--- > > Best :-) > Steinsplitter > > > Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 16:42:47 -0400 > > From: bjor...@wikimedia.org > > To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org; > mediawiki-api-annou...@lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: [Wikitech-l] API BREAKING CHANGE: Default continuation mode for > action=query will change at the end of this month > > > > As has been announced several times (most recently at > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2015-April/081559.html > ), > > the default continuation mode for action=query requests to api.php will > be > > changing to be easier for new coders to use correctly. > > > > *The date is now set:* we intend to merge the change to ride the > deployment > > train at the end of June. That should be 1.26wmf12, to be deployed to > test > > wikis on June 30, non-Wikipedias on July 1, and Wikipedias on July 2. > > > > If your bot or script is receiving the warning about this upcoming change > > (as seen here > > <https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=allpages>, for > > example), it's time to fix your code! > > > > - The simple solution is to simply include the "rawcontinue" parameter > > with your request to continue receiving the raw continuation data ( > > example > > < > https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=allpages&rawcontinue=1 > >). > > No other code changes should be necessary. > > - Or you could update your code to use the simplified continuation > > documented at > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query#Continuing_queries > > (example > > < > https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=allpages&continue= > >), > > which is much easier for clients to implement correctly. > > > > Either of the above solutions may be tested immediately, you'll know it > > works because you stop seeing the warning. > > > > I've compiled a list of bots that have hit the deprecation warning more > > than 10000 times over the course of the week May 23–29. If you are > > responsible for any of these bots, please fix them. If you know who is, > > please make sure they've seen this notification. Thanks. > > > > AAlertBot > > AboHeidiBot > > AbshirBot > > Acebot > > Ameenbot > > ArnauBot > > Beau.bot > > Begemot-Bot > > BeneBot* > > BeriBot > > BOT-Superzerocool > > CalakBot > > CamelBot > > CandalBot > > CategorizationBot > > CatWatchBot > > ClueBot_III > > ClueBot_NG > > CobainBot > > CorenSearchBot > > Cyberbot_I > > Cyberbot_II > > DanmicholoBot > > DeltaQuadBot > > Dexbot > > Dibot > > EdinBot > > ElphiBot > > ErfgoedBot > > Faebot > > Fatemibot > > FawikiPatroller > > HAL > > HasteurBot > > HerculeBot > > Hexabot > > HRoestBot > > IluvatarBot > > Invadibot > > Irclogbot > > Irfan-bot > > Jimmy-abot > > JYBot > > Krdbot > > Legobot > > Lowercase_sigmabot_III > > MahdiBot > > MalarzBOT > > MastiBot > > Merge_bot > > NaggoBot > > NasirkhanBot > > NirvanaBot > > Obaid-bot > > PatruBOT > > PBot > > Phe-bot > > Rezabot > > RMCD_bot > > Shuaib-bot > > SineBot > > SteinsplitterBot > > SvickBOT > > TaxonBot > > Theo's_Little_Bot > > W2Bot > > WLE-SpainBot > > Xqbot > > YaCBot > > ZedlikBot > > ZkBot > > > > > > -- > > Brad Jorsch (Anomie) > > Software Engineer > > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
