On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Tyler Romeo <tylerro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > * Do you think the extension should use the extmetadata property of > > ApiQueryImageInfo instead of a its own module? > > * Is it advisable to store validation data permanently in the database? > > I have no idea about this, but it does seem that the metadata is propagated > to the oldimage table when a new one is uploaded, so it would fulfill your > above question about storing old revisions' validation status. > metadata is data generated from the file. It has built-in storage and invalidation mechanisms that are based on file upload / purge. extmetadata is assumed to come from some other source, and providers need to handle invalidation (and permanent storage, if desirable) manually. Thus, metadata would be a better fit in theory, but I don't think it offers any mechanism currently for extensions to hook into it. So I don't think you are any worse off by writing a self-contained extension. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
