https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38451
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Bug #: 38451
Summary: Kill $wgAllowPageInfo; enable MediaWiki's info action
by default
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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As documented at
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Reimplement_info_action>,
the info action in MediaWiki was disabled by Tim in r4247 by putting it behind
the global variable $wgAllowPageInfo and setting this global to false by
default.
Now with years of hindsight, it's become clear that a more generic solution
should have been used (e.g., $wgDisabledActions), however this bug is about
killing (or deprecating) $wgAllowPageInfo and enabling action=info by default.
This requires marking the global as unused in DefaultSettings.php, removing the
conditional code that relies on this global variable (fortunately it's not used
in many places), and then disabling the expensive portions of the info action
that caused the action to be flatly disabled so many years ago (namely
disabling any properties that rely on unoptimized queries).
Relying on $wgMiserMode is one option. Another option is to introduce an array
such as $wgDisabledInfoActionProperties or introduce another binary global such
as $wgDisableExpensiveInfoActionProperties, though I'm very hesitant to add a
binary global variable again.
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