Why:
* Maintenance scripts in core have bolierplate code that is
added before and after the class to allow directly running
the maintenance script.
* Running the maintenance script directly has been deprecated
since 1.40, so this boilerplate code is only to support a now
deprecated method of running maintenance scripts.
* This code cannot also be marked as covered, due to PHPUnit
not recognising code coverage for files.
* Therefore, it is best to ignore this boilerplate code in code
coverage reports as it cannot be marked as covered and also
is for deprecated code.
What:
* Wrap the boilerplate code (requiring Maintenance.php and then
later defining the maintenance script class and running if the
maintenance script was called directly) with @codeCoverageIgnore
comments.
* Some files use a different boilerplate code, however, these
should also be marked as ignored for coverage for the same
reason that coverage is not properly reported for files.
Bug: T371167
Change-Id: I32f5c6362dfb354149a48ce9c28da9a7fc494f7c
Returning void from execute() is success.
Returning true is success, false is failure with exit(1)
Using fatalError also using exit(1)
Change-Id: I1d40430ad6226e4aab8f0810b03ee1213282d123
Benefit of keeping the parameter optional:
- In maintenance scripts that really only have one parameter, it's a
little more convenient to be able to ask for *the* parameter via an
empty getArg().
Disadvantages:
- It's unclear what getArg() means when there is no indication *which*
argument the code asks for. This might as well return the last
argument, or an array of all arguments.
- In scripts with two or more arguments, it's confusing to see
getArg( 1 ) next to an empty getArg().
- The methods are more complex and a bit more complicated to use with
the extra feature of this parameter being optional. Users need to
look up what the default is to be able to use it safely.
Change-Id: I22a43bfdfc0f0c9ffdb468c13aba73b888d1f15e
The most notable removal is done in the orphans script. This code was
really never used. Brion introduced it in 2005, already disabled.
I have all the respect for what Brion did. I just think it does not make
much sense to keep code around for so long if it does not work anyway,
and must be rewritten from scratch anyway now that we have multi-content
revisions and such.
Change-Id: I4e8050929f90e44a6e6051bf938993a8b0cdf649
Deprecate the second argument to Maintenance::error() in favor of a new
Maintenance::fatalError() method. This is intended to make it easier to
review flow control in maintenance scripts.
Change-Id: I75699008638f7e99b11210c7bb9e2e131fca7c9e
