[Commons-l] New tool - User dupes

Wed Dec 13 00:37:43 UTC 2006

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:06:41 +0100, Magnus Manske  
<magnusmanske at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 12/12/06, Bryan Tong Minh <bryan.tongminh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/4/06, Magnus Manske <magnusmanske at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > There was a discussion somewhere (maybe on this list? I don't
>> > remember) to store MD5-hashes of image data in the table with the
>> > other image information (size etc.). Nothing came of it, I'm afraid.
>> > Too bad.
>> What was the reason for this? Was it the technical difficulties, or
>> just a lack of willingness?
>
> I'd say 10% the former (MD5ing all existing images on all wikipedias
> and commons would mean server stress), and 90% the latter.

I'm sure the job que could be tweaked to handle hashing of all existing  
images in the "background", it would probably take a few days to complete,  
but it would hardly need to be a major stress factor). Did anyone file an  
actual feature request in bugzilla or did the discussiuon just fizzle out  
before anyone got around to it?

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