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From: Adam Baso <abaso(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Subject: Deprecation notice: migration of search backend for CirrusSearch
extension
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello World,
This is an advance notice that the Wikimedia Search Platform team will be
migrating the search backend for the CirrusSearch extension [1] to
OpenSearch. [2] This is in the early stage of planning, with work
tentatively slated to begin in the October 2024 - December 2024 timeframe
and continue through mid-2025.
If you run a MediaWiki server with the CirrusSearch extension, you may want
to prepare for a migration in your installation as well. There will be
changes to MediaWiki PHP code in order to ensure that CirrusSearch works
well with an OpenSearch backend, and there will likely be incompatibilities
with the old search backend as extension and connection library code is
replaced.
The Search Platform team is available for questions in case you are
investigating the transition and how it may affect your MediaWiki search
backend setup. The Search Platform team is available on Libera IRC on the
#wikimedia-search channel and it hosts monthly office hours the first
Wednesday of the month [3], which are announced on the wikitech-l mailing
list.
Thank you.
Adam Baso
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CirrusSearch
[2] See
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Search_Platform/Decision_Records/S…
for more information.
[3] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Search_Platform/Contact#Office_Hours