> ... the size differences shown on the history and contributions pages, which is the only thing that rev_parent_id is used for
This may be true in MediaWiki but not so much for external tools. I just wanted to preemptively say this. I'll be joining the IRC discussion to share more :) ~Leon On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 2:23 PM Daniel Kinzler <[email protected]> wrote: > As mentioned in the TechCom radar email last week, there will be a public > IRC > discussion on the future of rev_parent_id on Wednesday, 2018-06-06 in the > #wikimedia-office channel at 2pm PST(22:00 UTC, 23:00 CET). > > The RFCs original title was "Use ar_page_id to determine the parent IDs for > undeleted revisions" <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193690>. > However, the > discussion has drifted quite a bit, and is now touching on questions > around the > size differences shown on the history and contributions pages, which is > the only > thing that rev_parent_id is used for. Perhaps we should have filed a > separate > ticket, but at this point, that would just have meant splitting the > conversation, and creating more confusion... > > Anyway, in preparation of the RFC discussion, here are again the main > question > that need answering: > > * Can we do without rev_parent_id entirely? Can we live without the size > info > on Special:Contributions, or can we query it cheaply enough? > > * Do we want to record the original "edit as intended", and if yes, where? > > * On a side note, what's the best way to detect a page's first revision, > and do > we still need that if we have the page creation log (and recentchanges). > > I have tried to summarize the discussion so far, with the available > options and > considerations, at <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T193690#4254713>. > > -- > Daniel Kinzler > Principal Platform Engineer > > Wikimedia Deutschland > Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
