This partially reverts MDL-73270, where some useful environmental
checks and notifications in the admin UI were added to inform
about different parts of Moodle relying on the "unsupported"
php-xmlrpc extension.
Since then, some changes have happened in core, only available
for Moodle 4.1 and up (see the MDL-70889 mini-epic). Namely:
- MNet (SSO, roaming, auth, enrol and Mahara portfolio) are not
using the php-xmlrpc extension anymore, but a pure php library.
- The xmlrpc webservices protocol, has been move from core to
the plugins directory, although it continues using the php-xmlrpc
extension.
Because of that here we are removing all the checks and notifications
related with MNet (not using the extension anymore), but keeping the
webservice plugin ones (still using the extension). Surely if some day the
protocol stops using the extension, we'll be able to remove the
corresponding checks too. But that's future.
Note the associated lang strings have been also removed (not deprecated)
because they were highly specific and hardly reusable:
- xmlrpcmaharaenabled
- xmlrpcmnetauthenticationenabled
- xmlrpcmnetenabled
And very same applies, because MNet doesn't contain anything deprecated
or not supported anymore, hence, straight deletion, to the function:
- mnet_get_deprecation_notice()
Also, related tests using any of the removed stuff above have been deleted.
In the other side, the "check_xmlrpc_usage" continues existing and
being used both by environment checks and admin notifications but,
as commented above, now it only looks for the xmlrpc webservice
protocol now.
For Moodle 4.1 and up, the php-xmlrpc is not needed anymore:
- All the MNet stuff has been moved to use php library (MDL-76055).
- The webservice/xmlrpc has been moved from core to contrib (MDL-76052).
So we just remove the check here. Starting with 4.1, it's not
needed for any core functionality.
Note that the string has been removed, and not deprecated, because it's
a non-generic string, not belonging to core/moodle main lang file, and
hardly reused ever. That fits with the allowed deletions, not requiring
any deprecation.
Of course, the lang removal only has been applied to master (4.1dev).
Older branches still keep it and will be used when checking < 4.1
upgradability.
This allows admins to configure whether contact site support is
available to everyone, authenticated users, or nobody.
The behat testing checks linked and direct access for each setting,
as well as adding testing that the support page override works as
expected.
Update existing entity to define remaining report elements. Add new
report source joining the entity to the user entity to provide data
for the reportbuilder editor.
Re-factor existing code to make use of file manager class that renders
these details for us by default.
Co-authored-by: Simey Lameze <simey@moodle.com>
The $CFG->enabledashboard setting has been added to Appearance >
Navigation, to let admins disable the "Dashboard" option from the
primary navigation.
This commit also changes the behaviour of get_home_page(), to take
into account this setting and adds a new method, get_default_home_page(),
to return the expected default home page (that wil be used when current
default page is not defined or valid).
On some larger sites, processing the navigation with format_string will
habitually load all the contexts for navigation which can take 400+ DB
queries. Explicitly tying all those format_string calls to the system
context reduces this overhead to a single DB query that probably has
already been run on the page previously.
Co-authored-by: Peter Burnett <peterburnett@catalyst-au.net>
The following lang strings have been undepecated, as they are still
in use:
* errorcoursewronglypublished, core_hub
* eventrolecapabilitiesupdated, core_role
Not all global search configurations offer the same results as the
default course search does.
The default course search will return courses that the user can see
the details of even if they can see them via a category, even if
they are not enrolled and cannot enrol themselves on it.
The equivalent global search configuration is:
* Global search is enabled
* The course indexing is enabled
* All the name and summary of all courses are included in the results
This patch will only let global search replace the default course
search when those criteria are met.
It will also display on the global search configuration page if global
search will replace the legacy course search.
The Flash Player was deprecated in 2017 and officially discontinued
on 31 December 2020, so media_swf player has been completely
removed from Moodle core.
This optional environmental check will look if:
- the site is running php72.
- the site has igbinary extension enabled.
- the igbinary extension version is a buggy one >=3.2.2 <= 3.2.4
- the bug is reproducible.
And will warn if all the conditions are met.
This commit implements the qbank plugin type which
includes the boilerplate for the qbank plugin, the
qbank plugin management admin page and required core
code addition.
