Last modified: 2013-05-31 01:21:43 UTC
Since the developers team have some exciting news (a donation for future usage [1] and new boxes have been ordered [2]), I'm finally comfortable in add this request: please make static dump HTML files for non-Wikipedia projects. The biggest wikis from those projects have useful content, sometimes more useful than some small Wikipedias that have static dumps. Moreover, a HTML dump is one of the resources to spread the world about some Wikimedia projects :) Best regards, [[:m:User:555]] [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2008-July/044905.html [2] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2008-August/038869.html
Assigning to brion. He should be able to process, or re-assign.
Assigning to Tim, as he's in charge of static HTML dumps at present.
Changing Component: WikiBugs → Downloads
*** Bug 16186 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Do note that static HTML dumps are no longer running at the moment (the last time was in 2008), but moving bug to the Datasets product nevertheless.
Assigning back to Nobody. Ariel isn't involved in the static HTML dumps.
Changing the bug summary from "Static HTML dumps for non-Wikipedia projects" to "Wikimedia static HTML dumps broken". This is more accurate of the current status. Related mailing list thread: <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2011-December/056752.html>. What's the status of this bug? Can the dumps please be updated? What's needed to make that happen? Is an RT ticket needed?
-easy Not something a typical user can work on. (at least unless there's a list of known issues with the code that need fixing before this is restarted)
It would be useful if someone identified the bugs which actually block this request, among https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&component=DumpHTML&resolution=---&product=MediaWiki%20extensions "Currently, the extension is not really usable without fixing/tweaking the Mediawiki code." http://www.kiwix.org/index.php/Mediawiki_DumpHTML_extension_improvement#2_-_Revamping_and_fixing_bugs
Restoring the "shell" keyword. Until a shell user tries to re-generate these dumps, it'll be impossible to know what the issues are (if any).
(In reply to comment #10) > Restoring the "shell" keyword. Until a shell user tries to re-generate these > dumps, it'll be impossible to know what the issues are (if any). Seriously? Kelson is the de facto maintainer of dumpHTML as he runs it for Kiwix, and he says (like everyone else) that it's broken, see comment 9. Also, this bug is 5+ years old. Nowadays, it should probably be repurposed to ask ZIM dumps, which make much more sense; we already have many but it would be nice if they were produced regularly on WMF servers without the laborious steps now necessary for Kelson.
We will rewrite/fix the DumpHTML extension in the next months. We have a granted project (by Wikimedia France) : http://www.kiwix.org/index.php/Mediawiki_DumpHTML_extension_improvement
