https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66445

Bug ID: 66445 Summary: Change in action=expandtemplates Product: Pywikibot Version: core (2.0) Hardware: All URL: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-api-ann ounce/2014-June/000058.html OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: Unprioritized Component: General Assignee: Pywikipedia-bugs@lists.wikimedia.org Reporter: maarten@mdammers.nl Web browser: --- Mobile Platform: ---

"With Gerrit change 136799 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/136799/, the old output format for action=expandtemplates and the generatexml parameter are deprecated, but will continue to be used for existing queries.

Clients should begin using the new 'prop' parameter to action=expandtemplates, to be ready for some future date when the deprecated format and parameter are removed. There is no timeline on this removal, but it will be announced well in advance to this list.

This change will be deployed to WMF wikis with 1.24wmf8, see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap for the schedule.

This is not considered a breaking change, since the old queries will continue to work with a deprecation warning. "

Has been deployed.

I'm getting a nice:

"WARNING: API warning (expandtemplates): Because no values have been specified for the prop parameter, a legacy format has been used for the output. This format is deprecated, and in the future, a default value will be set for the prop parameter, causing the new format to always be used."

We should update pywikibot to use the new format