Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:34:41 -0800
From: Brion Vibber
Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] [mwdumper] new maintainer?
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On 2/16/10 7:03 AM, Jamie Morken wrote:
> Ok, the simple question: how m
On 2/11/10 7:41 AM, emman...@engelhart.org wrote:
> Almost one month ago I have reported a bug in mwdumper which seems to me to
> be critical.
> I simply can't user mwdumper with the itwiki XML dumps:
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22137
>
> I have extract the problematic part of
On 2/16/10 7:03 AM, Jamie Morken wrote:
> Ok, the simple question: how many people prefer XML or sql dumps?
I think we have a FAQ on this...
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Download#What_happened_to_the_SQL_dumps.3F
You *do* realize that such "SQL dumps" would have to be invented from
whole clo
* Jamie Morken [Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:03:18 -0800]:
> Ok, the simple question: how many people prefer XML or sql dumps?
>
I use XML dumps at my own much smaller wikis all the time. The
advantages are already described by emman...@engelhart.org
I never tried to load huge wp-en dumps, though. I've he
> * Your are DB neutral, so you do not need to have a version for
> mysql, for postgres...
The mysql can be converted to postgres and vice versa directly, so the xml
isn't necessary for this, see:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:PostgreSQL
> * You may apply filter easily
> * The XML is
Hi!
> Converting the xml to sql takes a long time for big wiki's and people seem to
> have problems with this step, so why isn't the sql format available for
> download instead of the xml format?
Our dumps are not 'sql dumps'. We assemble them from all the different parts
(memcached, multiple
Le mar 16/02/10 14:13, "Jamie Morken" jmor...@shaw.ca a écrit:
> What is the benefit of the database dumps being archived/distributed in xml
> format instead of sql format? Converting the xml to sql takes a long time
> for big wiki's and people seem to have problems with this step, so why
> isn't
Hi,
What is the benefit of the database dumps being archived/distributed in xml
format instead of sql format? Converting the xml to sql takes a long time for
big wiki's and people seem to have problems with this step, so why isn't the
sql format available for download instead of the xml forma
mwDumper is essential also for anyone wiling to replicate a wiki locally for
any purpose. There are alternatives such as xml2SQL or importDump.php but
mwDumper is the most efficient in terms of correctness and completeness or
speed sometimes.
bilal
==
Verily, with hardship comes ease.
On Fri, Fe
Le ven 12/02/10 14:24, "Christensen, Courtney" christens...@battelle.org a
écrit:
> We use the DumpHTML extension
> (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DumpHTML) to
> make static copies of our wikis. It used to be a maintenance script.
> Maybe that would work for you?
The DumpHTML extensi
emman...@engelhart.org said:
> Le ven 12/02/10 01:52, "Tim Starling" tstarl...@wikimedia.org a écrit:
>>> emman...@engelhart.org wrote:
>>> mwdumper is an almost mandatory tool to spread our
>>> content and for this reason i wanted to
>>> speak about that on the ML.
>>
>> You might have to be mo
Le ven 12/02/10 01:52, "Tim Starling" tstarl...@wikimedia.org a écrit:
> emmanu
> e...@engelhart.org wrote:
> mwdumper is an almost mandatory tool to spread our
> content and for this reason i wanted to
> speak about that on the ML.
>
> You might have to be more specific than that. It doesn't se
emman...@engelhart.org wrote:
> mwdumper is an almost mandatory tool to spread our content and for this
> reason i wanted to
> speak about that on the ML.
You might have to be more specific than that. It doesn't seem like a
mandatory tool to me.
-- Tim Starling
_
Hi
Almost one month ago I have reported a bug in mwdumper which seems to me to be
critical.
I simply can't user mwdumper with the itwiki XML dumps:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22137
I have extract the problematic part of the XML but until now I do not have had
any remark
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