SemanticMediaWiki / SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticTasks

Eliminate dependency on cron jobs for sending mails

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Description

Feature request:

I have never used this, but according to the documentation, you would have to setup a cron job in order to execute a mail delivery on a date you set for a task.

I just recently was pointed by @hexmode to this extension: https://github.com/hallowelt/mwstake-mediawiki-component-runjobstrigger
As far as I understand it, this could be used by Semantic Tasks so a MediaWiki job would be created to send notification e-mails instead of a cron job. But I might be wrong.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the documentation that currently describes the cron-job requirement, then examine the linked mwstake-mediawiki-component-runjobstrigger extension. Determine whether it can create a MediaWiki job for scheduled notification emails and define the changes needed to replace the cron-based workflow.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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