On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:06:41 +0100, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:
On 12/12/06, Bryan Tong Minh bryan.tongminh@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/4/06, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:
There was a discussion somewhere (maybe on this list? I don't remember) to store MD5-hashes of image data in the table with the other image information (size etc.). Nothing came of it, I'm afraid. Too bad.
What was the reason for this? Was it the technical difficulties, or just a lack of willingness?
I'd say 10% the former (MD5ing all existing images on all wikipedias and commons would mean server stress), and 90% the latter.
I'm sure the job que could be tweaked to handle hashing of all existing images in the "background", it would probably take a few days to complete, but it would hardly need to be a major stress factor). Did anyone file an actual feature request in bugzilla or did the discussiuon just fizzle out before anyone got around to it?