> I would suggest
> to rename on WMF cluster the ptwikimedia DB to something like
> ptwikimedia_old

If you want this, I hope the users will have the patience to wait for
when the renaming wikis bug will be solved in 2034.

Or, you know, we can create *now* a new wiki with a new name that most
users will not notice (it will not affect the domain name,
pt.wikimedia.org).

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Antoine Musso <[email protected]> wrote:
> Le 24/02/2016 14:56, Waldir Pimenta a écrit :
>> Assuming there's no easy way to merge the databases, we are fine with
>> dropping the old db. I believe most content was imported to the current
>> wiki at the time of the migration, see
>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T25537. An xml dump was used, not an SQL
>> one, so I suppose stuff like logs may not have been preserved, but in any
>> case it's not critical that we preserve all that historical info. I mean,
>> it would certainly be nice, but we can live without it.
>>
>> Or we could use the pt2wikimedia, as that would allow future archeologists
>> to recover the data from the beginning of the wiki :) Either option is fine.
>
> Hello,
>
> The ptwikimedia database being from 2012, I don't think there is much
> point in attempting to upgrade its schema, much less attempting to merge
> in the external db in.
>
> Given most of the useful data/history has been exported, I would suggest
> to rename on WMF cluster the ptwikimedia DB to something like
> ptwikimedia_old or even just archive a dump of it and drop it.
>
> Then create a new ptwikimedia and import the external db there.
>
>
> I am an idealist, but I am afraid introducing a scheme like
> <lang>2<project type> is asking for various exceptions to be added in
> various code and will cause a nasty technical debt down the road.
>
> My 0.02 €
>
> --
> Antoine "hashar" Musso
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