This patch adds asynchronous backup and restore functionality
to Moodle. This is an optional feature and is not enabled by
default. It can be enabled by site administrators.
Asynchronous backup and restores are actioned by the Moodle
adhoc task API. The progress of backup and restores is
displayedin the Moodle UI. Users can also be sent a message
when a backup or restore operation completes via the
Moodle messaging API.
- Removed redundant query to analytics_predict_samples
- Analysers API now uses recordsets to iterate through the analysable
elements. They take the last analysed time into account.
- New method for targets so there is no need to always update the last
analysis time. Useful for lightweight targets.
We have to include the most recent app features in the list of features displayed in Moodle.
Via this list of features, admins can disable mobile functionality.
Namely:
- 3rd param of assertEquals() cannot be null.
- Some incorrect uses of assertNotEmpty().
- Comparing 2 strings now uses strict (===) evaluation.
Link: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/3185
Solution here is one of:
a) Return to the previous situation, making the comparison
softer. That can achieved by forcing different types, so
float == string works.
b) Changing APIs (both forms and database return strings) to
perform some conversion to floats. That would make float
comparison (with floats or strings) to work too.
The patch here follows the a) approach. Changing all the internals
for proper float handling sounds excesive when it has been working
perfectly since ever. So we went the easier route, just getting
rid of the new === comparisons when needed by changing expectation
types to float.
As far as recycle bin is using MODE_AUTOMATED, it observes the backup_auto_storage
setting (storing backups @ real location. For recycle bin we want to ensure that
backup files are always stored in Moodle file area. In order to achieve that, we
hack the setting here via $CFG->forced_plugin_settings, so it won't interfere other
operations. See MDL-65218 for more information.
This hack will be removed once recycle bin switches to use its own backup mode, with
own preferences and 100% appart from MODLE_AUTOMATED.
Surely this should have been done as part of MDL-63263, but it wasn't.
Better let's do it here so every recycle bin backup is using the
very same mode.
Instead of showing competencies in a dialogue, give them their own full url to
display the competency in the framework it belongs to. This is useful for exported
data that won't have access to javascript.
