>> That doesn't really answer Brion's question. What would prevent it from >> continuing to run while it is being rewritten? > lack of time. (commenting on this as I tried to debug the code previously) The code currently: * is independent from any maintained mw api libraries * use self defined api parameters * uses php's curl, which has quite weird https support * has doc strings in de, which I can't read * generates tons of php warnings * and does not check whether upload / page save is successfully done or not
The bot have failed when: * a few weeks ago from the https switch * currently from session / token-related issue (not entirely sure) Rewrite attempts have been made, but: * the code barely make any sense (not OOP, reduced indentation, tons of bugs, etc.) * lack of time to do complete rewrite > >> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:05:11 -0500 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Provide a well-performing API to rotate an image >> >> Hi Steinsplitter, >> >> On 16 July 2015 at 09:00, Steinsplitter Wiki <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>>> Out of curiosity what is the problem with the bot that prevents it from >>>> working? >>> It is very old and bad written and needs a complete rewrite. >> >> That doesn't really answer Brion's question. What would prevent it from >> continuing to run while it is being rewritten? >> >> Dan >> >> -- >> Dan Garry >> Lead Product Manager, Discovery >> Wikimedia Foundation >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
