I think that in the class CategoryFinder documented here it should be a way to set a maximum deep to save resources, as new feature.
(What is calling this class actually?)
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| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
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| Added an optional $maxdepth to CategoryFinder | mediawiki/core | master | +19 -2 |
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Hi, is this a feature request? Or about an existing but undocumented feature? Please summarize what this task is about in the task summary - thanks!
(What is calling this class actually?)
Please see the results of running grep in the directory: autoload.php and ./includes/specials/SpecialRecentchanges.php.
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It's a feature request :)
(Interesting, yes, it's only used in SpecialRecentchanges. Good to know.)
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Change 388342 had a related patch set uploaded (by Valerio Bozzolan; owner: Valerio Bozzolan):
[mediawiki/core@master] Added an optional $maxdepth to CategoryFinder
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In order to give a context to this enhancement, setting a maximum depth will be useful to preserve resources when using this MediaWiki extension:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryToolbox
In facts, sometimes you don't need a full-depth recursion.
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Change 388342 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Added an optional $maxdepth to CategoryFinder