You would still need to rewrite the bot though, even if there was a rotation API, wouldn't you?
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 11:19 AM, YiFei <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
