Bug #78292 for Parse-MediaWikiDump: Unused PadWalker dependency

Tue Jul 10 06:57:42 2012 dmacks [...] netspace.org - Ticket created

Subject:	Unused PadWalker dependency
Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:57:32 -0400
To:	bug-Parse-MediaWikiDump [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	"Daniel Macks" <dmacks [...] netspace.org>

Parse-MediaWikiDump-1.0.6 Makefile.PL and META.yml specify a dependency on PadWalker, but grepping finds no other instances of "PadWalker" anywhere in the package. Is this dependency no longer actually used/needed? dan -- Daniel Macks dmacks@netspace.org

Tue Jul 10 10:57:29 2012 triddle [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #78292] Unused PadWalker dependency
Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:57:17 -0700
To:	bug-Parse-MediaWikiDump [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Tyler Riddle <triddle [...] cpan.org>

Well that's odd, I don't remember ever dealing with Padwalker or why it may have been added. I don't believe there is a current dep there but I also don't know why it would have been added to the metafile. Also I don't know why anyone would be using Parse::MediaWikiDump anymore - it's depreciated, the documentation says it is no longer maintained, and to use the backwards compatibility mode of MediaWiki::DumpFile. While PadWalker may be a dep listed erroneously Parse::MediaWikiDump has been marked as non-supported for a few years now so I'm also not going to fix it. Cheers, Tyler On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 3:57 AM, dmacks@netspace.org via RT < bug-Parse-MediaWikiDump@rt.cpan.org> wrote: Show quoted text

> Tue Jul 10 06:57:42 2012: Request 78292 was acted upon. > Transaction: Ticket created by dmacks@netspace.org > Queue: Parse-MediaWikiDump > Subject: Unused PadWalker dependency > Broken in: (no value) > Severity: (no value) > Owner: Nobody > Requestors: dmacks@netspace.org > Status: new > Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=78292 > > > > Parse-MediaWikiDump-1.0.6 Makefile.PL and META.yml specify a dependency on > PadWalker, but grepping finds no other instances of "PadWalker" anywhere in > the package. Is this dependency no longer actually used/needed? > > dan > > -- > Daniel Macks > dmacks@netspace.org > > >

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Tue Jul 10 10:57:29 2012 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Tue Jul 10 11:02:48 2012 triddle [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Software has been listed as depreciated for quite some time with recommended migration path to MedaiWiki::DumpFile backwards compatibility mode. Software also states no further changes or bug fixes will be made to Parse::MediWikiDump. Bug confirmed but will not be fixed in dead software project.

Tue Jul 10 11:02:48 2012 triddle [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'

Tue Jul 10 11:41:57 2012 dmacks [...] netspace.org - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #78292] Unused PadWalker dependency
Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:41:46 -0400
To:	bug-Parse-MediaWikiDump [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	"Daniel Macks" <dmacks [...] netspace.org>

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:57:29 -0400, Tyler Riddle via RT <bug-Parse-MediaWikiDump@rt.cpan.org> wrote: <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=78292 > Show quoted text

> > Well that's odd, I don't remember ever dealing with Padwalker or why it may > have been added. I don't believe there is a current dep there but I also > don't know why it would have been added to the metafile. > > Also I don't know why anyone would be using Parse::MediaWikiDump anymore - > it's depreciated, the documentation says it is no longer maintained, and to > use the backwards compatibility mode of MediaWiki::DumpFile.

I encountered the module via recommendation at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dump and the examples page linked from there at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Computer_help_desk/ParseMediaWikiDump I now see that there's a note from last year on the talk-page of that latter one about the P::MWD situation and requesting the examples be updated:( dan -- Daniel Macks dmacks@netspace.org

Tue Jul 10 11:41:58 2012 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'rejected' to 'open'

Tue Jul 10 11:45:48 2012 triddle [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #78292] Unused PadWalker dependency
Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:45:25 -0700
To:	bug-Parse-MediaWikiDump [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Tyler Riddle <triddle [...] cpan.org>

Well the good news is that MediaWiki::DumpFile is much much much much much better than Parse::MediaWikiDump - faster in every way and easier to use. If you don't have legacy code you are trying to work with you definitely want to use MediaWiki::DumpFile instead of Parse::MediaWikiDump. Have fun playing with the MediaWiki dump files, it can be a total blast! Cheers, Tyler On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 8:41 AM, dmacks@netspace.org via RT < bug-Parse-MediaWikiDump@rt.cpan.org> wrote: Show quoted text

> Queue: Parse-MediaWikiDump > Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=78292 > > > On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:57:29 -0400, Tyler Riddle via RT > <bug-Parse-MediaWikiDump@rt.cpan.org> wrote: > <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=78292 >

> > > > Well that's odd, I don't remember ever dealing with Padwalker or why it

> may

> > have been added. I don't believe there is a current dep there but I also > > don't know why it would have been added to the metafile. > > > > Also I don't know why anyone would be using Parse::MediaWikiDump anymore

> -

> > it's depreciated, the documentation says it is no longer maintained, and

> to

> > use the backwards compatibility mode of MediaWiki::DumpFile.

> > I encountered the module via recommendation at > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dump and the examples page > linked from there at > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Computer_help_desk/ParseMediaWikiDump > > I now see that there's a note from last year on the talk-page of that > latter one about the P::MWD situation and requesting the examples be > updated:( > > dan > > -- > Daniel Macks > dmacks@netspace.org > > > >

-- If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe. -- Carl Sagan

Fri Jul 19 18:48:41 2013 triddle [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

I was just doing garbage collection on my ticket queue and saw that this was still open but should have been closed some time ago. Apologies for the noise and I hope your Mediawiki project was successful. Cheers, Tyler

Fri Jul 19 18:48:42 2013 triddle [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'