On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 7:56 AM, S Page <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Brian Gerstle <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I guess it comes down to is this: if we're going to continue supporting >> old behavior, they should be accessible via the same old requests. *This >> removes the need for existing clients to be updated in the first place*. >> If we eventually want to delete the old code keeping the old behavior >> separated from the new will make it clear & explicit what's being dropped >> and what to use instead. ... >> >> Lastly, changing the default behavior to make things sane for new >> developers is, IMO, a bad trade-off > > > That seems the crux of it. Because the MediaWiki API isn't versioned (and > there are good reasons for it), the recommended "best practices" form of an > API request evolves, something like > > api.php?continue=& formatversion=2 &utf8= &*your_actual_params*
Why doesnt formatversion=2 assume continue= and utf8= ? -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
