Robert Rohde wrote: > Of course, strictly speaking we already provide HTTP access to > everything. So the real question is how can we make access easier, > more reliable, and less burdensome. You or someone else suggested an > API for grabbing files and that seems like a good idea. Ultimately > the best answer may well be to take multiple approaches to accommodate > both people like you who want everything as well as people that want > only more modest collections. > > -Robert Rohde
Anthony wrote: > The bandwidth-saving way to do things would be to just allow mirrors to use > hotlinking. Requiring a middle man to temporarily store images (many, and > possibly even most of which will never even be downloaded by end users) just > wastes bandwidth. There is already a way to instruct a wiki to use images from a foreign wiki as they are needed. With proper caching. On 1.16 it will even be much easier, as you will only need to set $wgUseInstantCommons = true; to use Wikimedia Commons images. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgUseInstantCommons _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
