I agree with having a discussion on Meta-Wiki. I think
this type of larger
undertaking also requires close coordination with a database
administrator, if it requires running maintenance/updateCollation.php.
A (the?) DBA has been closely following and helping the team doing the
latest changes to the script, making sure it executes faster and with
non-impacting load. He is ok with the current implementation and happy
to let it run (one wiki at a time).
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Jaime Crespo
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