If you keep threads together in your mailer, read
"*Request for feedback
on rewrite branch*". It was started at the end of last March, and the
last relevant letter from Russel arrived on 02 September (which said,
the rewrite branch could not parse XML dumps at that time, which is
important for me).
and reading there:
fairly trivial problem to fix), and because it relies
on the API, it
cannot do anything the API is not yet enabled for (like retrieving
the contents of Special:DoubleRedirects and many other special pages).
which is the important part for me... ;)
Further answers to this question should preferably
arrive to that
thread, too, in order to keep this topic together for later search.
I see... Thanks for the hint!