[Pywikipedia-l] Request for feedback on rewrite branch

[Maarten Dammers]

Hi Russell,

Russell Blau schreef:
> I am at a point where it would be helpful to have some feedback from other 
> Pywikipedia users about the future of the rewrite branch.  As those who 
> watch the SVN commits know, I have not had as much time to work on this 
> lately, and have to prioritize what time I do spend on it.
>
> For those who have used the rewrite branch, what (if anything) needs to be 
> done to it to get you to use it exclusively and retire the old wikipedia.py 
> system?  What is missing?  What is broken?  What is present but could be 
> improved?
>   
The main reason I use the current branch and not the rewrite branch is 
that the current branch just works.
I run bots to get stuff done and last time I tried the rewrite branch 
didn't work.
> For those who have chosen not to use the rewrite branch, why not?  What 
> might lead you to take another look?
>   
If you say rewrite is stable, I'll give it another try.
> And then, I'm sure there are many whose reaction to this post has been, 
> "What's the rewrite branch?"  I don't know what to ask you, so feel free to 
> move on to the next message.
>
> Most critically, is there any reason to continue development of the trunk 
> once the rewrite branch is at a point where most users are ready to switch 
> to it?
>   
Before we get there the user programs need to be converted and 
restructured. I think most current commandline programs should be split 
up in a script part and one of more lib parts.

Maarten

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