https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54541
John Mark Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com> changed:
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--- Comment #4 from John Mark Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com> ---
The is an interesting approach which I am guessing solves part of the 'SUL'
problem.
Instead of having to add usernames['wikipedia']['*'] = '..';
usernames['wikisource']['*'] = '..'; to user-config.py etc etc for
every family
in the matrix of the global account.
If a account is logged into it.wp using an entry in user-config.py, and the bot
visits en.wikipedia, the bot *is* logged in, as they have a unified account,
and the cookie logs them in, and api.py automatically populates userinfo with
the username.
That works wonderfully, and doesnt need this patch.
I am guessing this patch is about when there is a 'problem' with the existing
login, which might be because of site.py tripping over itself (the login code
is a mess), or maybe the server asking the account to login again.
If the password_file contains simple two-part matching entry for the username
in siteinfo, the re-login will be automatic. i.e. (bot_username, bot_password)
; not (family, username, password) or other options.
I would like to hear more about how this patch helps, but it does appear useful
in limited but crucial circumstances.
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