Aryeh Gregor Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com wrote:
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Also, it's a bit sad that so many toolserver tools are standalone and are not a part of MediaWiki distribution. That tool should be a part of Special:Search.
Most toolserver tool authors just don't bother applying for commit access for whatever reason. Most tools also either perform badly and/or would need to be rewritten to meet coding standards. Toolserver roots routinely have to kill processes for using up unreasonable amounts of resources. [...]
How many of those tools would stand a chance as extensions of not being disabled in $wgMiserMode? If such a small fea- ture as the namespace filter in Special:Linksearch risks server meltdown (bug #10593), I doubt more complex searches are on the horizon.
Tim