This is more consistent with LoadBalancer, modern, and inclusive
of master/master mysql, NDB cluster, and MariaDB galera cluster.
The old constant is an alias now.
Change-Id: I0b37299ecb439cc446ffbe8c341365d1eef45849
We have access to all the information that will be transmitted, so for
full transparency, display the actual JSON blob that will be sent.
Change-Id: I7dcc7bafb42619a8d49a27649fd7ac981efcd960
When $wgPingback is true, MediaWiki will periodically ping
https://www.mediawiki.org/beacon with basic information about the local
MediaWiki installation. This data includes, for example, the type of system,
PHP version, and chosen database backend.
The pingback is sent via a deferred (post-send) update whenever $wgVersion
changes, using the updatelog table to ensure we don't send duplicate pingbacks.
A database lock ensures only one thread attempts to send the pingback, and a
cache key throttles attempts to no more than once per hour.
$wgPingback is false by default. The web installer has a checkbox for
controlling this option, and it is checked by default. This nudges new installs
to turn on pingbacks, but does not sneak this decision past sysops of existing
installs.
Change-Id: Ie43a6b46a07ebd9ccc1b9c3001f2ea02435d826b
