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Christian Thiele wrote:
Hello,
what’s the current state of the edit API functionality? Does it work?
Hi Christian,
Short answer: No.
Long answer: A considerable amount of code has been developed in two separate branches of the API that does successfully enable editing. However, this code requires a substantial number of changes to the core MediaWiki code that cannot be implemented until very thorough testing is done. At present only very few people have even played with the implementations, let alone performed comprehensive compatibility testing or developed unit tests for the editing code. I know of no exact roll-out schedule that we have, but I would expect to see editing via the API available by the 1.12 release, and possibly as early as one or two months from now in 1.12a (on Wikimedia wikis, in other words). If you're interested in experimenting with the edit functionality of the API, you might have a look at the Vodafone ApiEdit branch [1] where most of the development has taken place.
[1] http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/branches/ApiEdit_Vodafone/
- -- Daniel Cannon (AmiDaniel)
cannon.danielc@gmail.com