You would still need to rewrite the bot though, even
if there was a
rotation API, wouldn't you?
No need to rewrite then because Rillke will fix the rotate link java-script. :-)
> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 12:21:10 -0500
> From: gtisza(a)wikimedia.org
> To: wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Provide a well-performing API to rotate an image
>
You would still need to rewrite the bot though, even
if there was a
rotation API, wouldn't you?
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 11:19 AM, YiFei <zhuyifei1999(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >> That doesn't really answer Brion's question. What would prevent
it from
> > >> continuing to run while it is being rewritten?
> > > lack of time.
> > (commenting on this as I tried to debug the code previously)
> > The code currently:
> > * is independent from any maintained mw api libraries
> > * use self defined api parameters
> > * uses php's curl, which has quite weird https support
> > * has doc strings in de, which I can't read
> > * generates tons of php warnings
> > * and does not check whether upload / page save is successfully done or not
> >
> > The bot have failed when:
> > * a few weeks ago from the https switch
> > * currently from session / token-related issue (not entirely sure)
> >
> > Rewrite attempts have been made, but:
> > * the code barely make any sense (not OOP, reduced indentation, tons of
> > bugs, etc.)
> > * lack of time to do complete rewrite
> >
> > >
> > >> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:05:11 -0500
> > >> From: dgarry(a)wikimedia.org
> > >> To: wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> > >> Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Provide a well-performing API to rotate an
> > image
> > >>
> > >> Hi Steinsplitter,
> > >>
> > >> On 16 July 2015 at 09:00, Steinsplitter Wiki <
> > steinsplitter-wiki(a)live.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>> Out of curiosity what is the problem with the bot that prevents
it
> > from
> > >>>> working?
> > >>> It is very old and bad written and needs a complete rewrite.
> > >>
> > >> That doesn't really answer Brion's question. What would prevent
it from
> > >> continuing to run while it is being rewritten?
> > >>
> > >> Dan
> > >>
> > >> --
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> > >> Lead Product Manager, Discovery
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