> Hello all,
>
> This is especially relevant for all interwiki bots on the toolserver.
> Do *not* use python 2.7 for those bots.
>
> There is a bug [1] in the unicode normalization that causes page
> titles to become mangled [2]. This, in turn, results in botwars [3].
> As such, interwiki bots on wikipedia should use a python version that
> does not have this bug, which means using a version before 2.6.5.
>
> Although you will get a warning message when using a python version
> that exhibits this bug, the bot will still work. As such, you may very
> well cause bot wars if you start using py2.7.
>
> Best regards,
> Merlijn van Deen
>
>
> [1]
http://bugs.python.org/issue10254
> [2]
>
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=603138&aid=3081100&group_id
> =93107
> [3]
>
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GNU-Lizenz_f%C3%BCr_freie_Dokument
> ation&action=history
>
> On 22 November 2010 11:22, River Tarnell <
river.tarnell@wikimedia.de>
> wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > During the general maintenance on Dec 6th, we will change the default
> Python
> > version (/usr/bin/python) on the Solaris user servers from 2.6 to 2.7.
> You may
> > wish to test your tools with /usr/bin/python2.7 before then.
> >
> > - river.
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