download_dump.py: Use symlink instead of a copy for toolforge users
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	Dec 24 2017, 5:06 PM

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Pywikibot is a Python-based framework to write bots for MediaWiki (more information).

Thanks to work in Google Code-in, Pywikibot now has a script called download_dump.py. It downloads a Wikimedia database dump from http://dumps.wikimedia.org/ , and places the dump in a predicable directory for semi-automated use by other scripts and tests.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/399179/7/scripts/maintenance/download_dump.py@71

We shouldn't use copyfile for Toolforge users, but create a symlink to the file that already exists.

You are expected to provide a patch in Wikimedia Gerrit. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Tutorial for how to set up Git and Gerrit.

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Use symlink instead of copyfile in download_dump.py	pywikibot/core	master	+7 -3

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Open		None	T183663 Improve the maintenance script that download Wikimedia database dump
		Resolved		divadsn	T183668 download_dump.py: Use symlink instead of a copy for toolforge users

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Framawiki triaged this task as Medium priority.Dec 24 2017, 5:06 PM

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Aklapper updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 24 2017, 6:40 PM

Imported and published as https://codein.withgoogle.com/tasks/5155973465374720/

Importing symlink from os should do the fix, right? :)

Change 400195 had a related patch set uploaded (by Divadsn; owner: Divadsn):
[pywikibot/core@master] Use symlink instead of copyfile in download_dump.py

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/400195

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Dec 25 2017, 11:03 PM

Framawiki closed this task as Resolved.Dec 26 2017, 8:43 AM

Change 400195 merged by jenkins-bot:
[pywikibot/core@master] Use symlink instead of copyfile in download_dump.py

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/400195