Last modified: 2014-05-29 00:41:44 UTC
Gerrit af6d9ab introduced list=prefixsearch which can be used as a generator, which action=opensearch can't be. This would allows us to avoid taking the output of opensearch and turning around to make follow-up API requests for e.g. pageprops to see if they are redirects or whatever. We shouldn't do this switch until MW1.23 is released, at least, however.
Change 134632 had a related patch set uploaded by Alex Monk: Switch action=opensearch calls to list=prefixsearch where appropriate https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/134632
Change 134632 merged by jenkins-bot: Switch action=opensearch call to list=prefixsearch where appropriate https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/134632