Release announcement: MediaWiki::Bot 3.3.0
Mike.lifeguard
This marks the release of MediaWiki::Bot 3.3.0. It will be indexed on
the CPAN shortly, and is also available on Google Code[0].
file: $CPAN/authors/id/L/LI/LIFEGUARD/MediaWiki-Bot-3.3.0.tar.gz
size: 65044 bytes
md5: 2bc989359e36edf0e31049c9075b0526
sha1: 0e9d4f70f89226645e7d51ed2af04f13caea0cd9
Since the last release, new deprecation warnings have been added to
encourage users to migrate. The deprecation warnings indicate obsolete
features which will be removed in a future release. In particular:
* The aliases "PWP" and "perlwikipedia" are deprecated - use
"MediaWiki::Bot"
* Old call styles - use new ones as documented.
* Methods retained only for backward compatibility - use new ones as
documented
In addition, several bugs have been fixed:
* The data returned by contributions() did not match the documentation;
this was fixed.
* contributions() also triggered a permissions error by requesting data
about the patrolled status of edits. That data is no longer available
through that method.
* get_pages_in_namespace() can now properly retrieve all results
* recent_edit_to_page() now returns data as described in the documentation
The documentation was expanded, as was the test suite.
Because of the addition of deprecation warnings, this release requires
the minor version number to be incremented. Because of the bug fixes
included, this is a recommended upgrade for all users.
To upgrade using the CPAN shell:
shell$ sudo -i
shell# cpan
cpan> upgrade MediaWiki::Bot
...
^D
To upgrade manually, download and unpack the tarball. In the unpacked
directory, run:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
sudo make install
If you wish to help with the next release, I would welcome assistance
with the documentation. Please feel free to submit a patch via this
mailing list, the issue tracker on Google Code, or a pull request on Github.
Thanks,
-Mike
[0]
http://code.google.com/p/perlwikipedia/downloads/detail?name=MediaWiki-Bot-3.3.0.tar.gz