Last modified: 2012-04-12 13:56:10 UTC
Fetching an identical revision using the API takes longer when using oldid, since it appears not to use the cache. Example: This page loads relatively quickly: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=The%20Beatles ...and produces the following XML output: <?xml version="1.0"?> <api> <parse displaytitle="The Beatles" revid="xxx"> (...etc) However, taking the same revid, and fetching it using the oldid parameter: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&oldid=xxx ...takes much longer. (note: replace "xxx" with the latest revision id) (Priyanka is currently planning to fix this)
Was already fixed some days ago in trunk. r75334
Yup, I did it in DC =)