Hi Xqt,
I don't agree with the removal of the generators that someone decided to
deprecate [1]. We always had the principle that pagegenerators is the
point of entry to get pages to work on. The pagegenerators are a (thin)
layer of abstraction so that you don't have to directly use function in
the site objects. With this removal you're breaking one of the very
fundamental functions and principles of our framework.
Why did you remove it? Any arguments beside than the incorrect argument
that it's redundant?
Was the deprecation and removal discussed somewhere? Can't find it on
this list.
Maarten
[1]
Hi all,
a new stable release Pywikibot 7 will be deployed at the end of this
month.
There are a lot important points with this release, currently
implemented in
master branch:
Python Plattform:
-----------------
Pywkibot support of Python 3.5.0 - 3.5.2 will be dropped. The minimum
plattform
required is Python 3.5.3 which is preinstalled at toolforge. On the
other hand
Pywikibot also works with new Python 3.11.0a and *new* supports PyPy
3. Most
used plattform measured by PyPy download statistic is Python 3.8
(T266984). For
developers I highly propose to use Python 3.10 due to "Better error
messages"
(
https://docs.python.org/3.10/whatsnew/3.10.html#better-error-messages).
Framework Scripts:
------------------
The both scripts generate_family_file and generate_user_files were
moved from
framework root directory to pywikibot/scripts folder. The two scripts
shell and
version were moved from scripts folder to pywikibot/scripts. This
arrangement
was necessary to implement a code entry point for Pywikibot site-package.
Possibly you have to change the path environment setting to use these
scripts.
But all of them are still available through the pwb.py wrapper script.
Linux:
------
Scripts hash bang was changed from python to python3. This enables to
invoke
scripts without preleading interpreter.
PAWS:
-----
Pywikibot 7 is a stable release and becomes the Pywikibot framework
base on
PAWS.
Toolforge:
----------
After deployment of Pywikibot 7 this stable release will be available
under
/shared/pywikibot/stable and the current master can be accessed under
/shared/pywikibot/core. The pwb.py wrapper script can be used at Tooforge
and the similar script search is functional.
https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/master/utilities/index.html#module-pwb
MediaWiki:
----------
No changes was made for supporting MediaWiki releases. Pywikibot 7
supports
MediaWiki 1.23-1.37. For current MediaWiki release 1.37 the minimum
Pywikibot
version must be 6.6.1. MW 1.19 requires PWB 5 and MW 1.14 requires PWB 4.
(
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot/Compatibility)
Pywikibot site-package (PyPi):
------------------------------
Installing Pywikibot as a site package (pip install pywikibot==7.0)
comes with
many innovations. pywikibot i18n messages bundle is available. Framework
scripts listed above can be used with Pywikibot 7.The pwb wrapper
script is the
code entry point to invoke these scripts:
pwb [global options] <framework script> [script options|global options]
Pywikibot Tests:
----------------
Pywikibot CI tests were moved from Travis to GitHub action. There are two
actions implemented. The first runs up tp 20 workers in parallel and
does the
most tests whereas the second only runs login/logout tests but there
are no
parallel task which would lead to failures due to not logged-in test
account.
Module Changes:
---------------
Support for API:Redirects was added in site and page module.
User.is_locked()
and APISite.is_locked() were added to determine whether a given user
or user id
is locked globally. The cached output functionality from compat
release was
re-implemented.
families:
Allow family files reside in `families` folder in base_dir by default.
This is
important if Pywikibot is used as a site-package. generate_family_file
uses
this new place to save the family file. Wikihow family file was added.
i18n module:
bundles() yields message bundle names or Path objects;
known_languages() gives
all languages we have localizations for.
page module:
isStaticRedirect() also considers transcluded __STATICREDIRECT__.
put() and change_category() now has a show_diff parameter.
User.is_blocked()
can also detect range blocks.
proofreadpage:
Wikimedia OCR engine is supported.
site module:
APISite.get_globaluserinfo() method was added to retrieve globaluserinfo.
New "maxlimit" property was added to determine the limits for API loads.
textlib module:
textlib comes with to_latin_digits() function as counterpart of
to_local_digits() and case_escape() which gives an escaped regex pattern
depending on 'first-letter' case.
tools module:
intersect_generators was rewritten which makes it running up to 10’000
times
faster.
Scripts Changes:
----------------
Scripts descriptions can be viewed at
https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/master/scripts/index.html
ConfigParserBot is provided for several scripts. Any option can be set
within
scripts.ini file.
https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/master/api_ref/pywikibot.html#pywikibot…
add_text scripts provided -create and -createonly options. A CleanBot
was added
in category script which can be invoked by clean action option. It removes
redundant grandchildren categories. The fixing_redirect script uses
concurrent.futures to retrieve redirect targets; this decreases
processing time
by 90% if solving moved pages is enabled.
Deprecations:
-------------
Most of the deprecated code parts were removed to start with a new
proper and
maintainable code without budensome overhead. The deprecations must be
solved
if you have your own code based on Pywikibot before you upgrade to the new
release. Refer
https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/master/changelog.html to see
all changes. Run your scripts and focus on FutureWarnings about
deprecated code
parts. Refer the logs for deprecation warnings. Scripts must be run
with global
-log option; if your script does not use handle_args() function you
can invoke
it with the pwb wrapper script:
pwb.py -log <yourscript> [your options]
Thank you all, comments are welcome
xqt
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