Hi everyone,
Bots and tools using Pywikibot must upgrade to version 6.6.1[1] otherwise they will break when deprecated API parameters are removed[2]. If you have any questions or need help in upgrading, please reach out using one of the Pywikibot communication channels[3].
[1] https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/stable/changelog.html [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.37/Deprecation_of_legacy_API_toke... [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Pywikibot/Communica...
Thanks, -- Legoktm
Hi Kunal,
I'll repeat what I said on the task: This task is tagged as priority low. It would be completely ridiculous to push this through now knowing what amount of fallout this will cause.
Maarten
On 22-09-2021 20:53, Kunal Mehta wrote:
Hi everyone,
Bots and tools using Pywikibot must upgrade to version 6.6.1[1] otherwise they will break when deprecated API parameters are removed[2]. If you have any questions or need help in upgrading, please reach out using one of the Pywikibot communication channels[3].
[1] https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/stable/changelog.html [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.37/Deprecation_of_legacy_API_toke... [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Pywikibot/Communica...
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Hi,
On 9/22/21 12:03 PM, Maarten Dammers wrote:
I'll repeat what I said on the task: This task is tagged as priority low. It would be completely ridiculous to push this through now knowing what amount of fallout this will cause.
It's probably best if we continue the discussion about *when* this happens on the task itself where I had already replied to you: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280806.
I intentionally didn't include any timeline in this upgrade announcement because I have no idea if it'll change again. Regardless of when it does happen, people will still need to upgrade, and they're better off doing it sooner rather than later.
-- Legoktm
one thing that falls to my mind: there are a lot of changes and breaking changes. But please keep in mind tha ta lot of bots are run by people that do it in their free time. They are not focused on doing that as their primary job. Please try to keep pywikibot updates in a way that allows for them to keep up.
I have bots that run on very outdated code and they do run fine. That means that forcing updates is not necessary.
masti
On 9/22/21 8:53 PM, Kunal Mehta wrote:
Hi everyone,
Bots and tools using Pywikibot must upgrade to version 6.6.1[1] otherwise they will break when deprecated API parameters are removed[2]. If you have any questions or need help in upgrading, please reach out using one of the Pywikibot communication channels[3].
[1] https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/stable/changelog.html [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.37/Deprecation_of_legacy_API_toke... [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Pywikibot/Communica...
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Is this important enough to backport to older versions maybe?
I also don't upgrade often and it does take a while to fix automatic bots, but I'm not a fan of carrying legacy code (especially for something with potential security implications) for decades. 7 years sounds enough :)
Strainu
Pe joi, 23 septembrie 2021, masti mastigm@gmail.com a scris:
one thing that falls to my mind: there are a lot of changes and breaking changes. But please keep in mind
tha ta lot of bots are run by people that do it in their free time. They are not focused on doing that as their primary job. Please try to keep pywikibot updates in a way that allows for them to keep up.
I have bots that run on very outdated code and they do run fine. That
means that forcing updates is not necessary.
masti
On 9/22/21 8:53 PM, Kunal Mehta wrote:
Hi everyone,
Bots and tools using Pywikibot must upgrade to version 6.6.1[1]
otherwise they will break when deprecated API parameters are removed[2]. If you have any questions or need help in upgrading, please reach out using one of the Pywikibot communication channels[3].
[1] https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/stable/changelog.html [2]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.37/Deprecation_of_legacy_API_toke...
[3]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Pywikibot/Communica...
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