This is a feature previously discussed.
Summary of changes:
* new links at the foot of RC page: "view previous 50 | 100 | 250 edits"
* new item in the URL string for an "up to" date analogous to the
"from"
date, eg "&upto=20030809172202"
Advantages
* obsessives like Mav and me could see a whole day of changes in small
chunks: get 250, check them, get the previous 250, check them, etc
* doing the above is quicker for the user, since we're not having to
download a single 1Mb+ page
* might be better for the server to do it this way too!
* we could remove the "500" link, since people can get the same
informationg in 2 batches of 250 -- might also be better for the server
Coding
From by poor reading of the php, we need an extra block in function
wfSpecialRecentchanges()
I made a rough start and got as far as this:
/* Cut-from -- show N edits from a specified time and older
need an $upto value in the query string */
if(preg_match('/^[0-9]{14}$/', $to)) {
$cutfrom = "AND rc_timestamp < '{$upto}'";
(but it's probably complete bunkum!!!!!!!)
Is there anyone who can take this mini-project on?