T159299: Deprecate and remove $wgUser

Phabricator Link	T159299
Status	open
Priority	Medium (orange)
Points
Phabricator Task Created	2017/02/28 08:23 PM
Wiki Page Created	2020/02/12 04:01 PM
Phabricator Task Last Modified	2021/09/17 01:23 PM
Wiki Page Last Updated	2021/09/17 03:10 PM
Phabricator Task Closed
Authored By	MaxSem (Max Semenik)
Assigned To	DannyS712
Projects	Epic MW-1.35-notes (1.35.0-wmf.26; 2020-03-31) MediaWiki-User-management (Other) Platform Team Workboards (Epics) (Epic Backlog) Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) (Not yet) User-DannyS712 (Projects)
Platform Engineering Initiative Column
Platform Team Workboards Column	Epics: Epic Backlog
Subtasks	T218555: Provide access to WebRequest and associated information via a service object (declined) T243003: Create method to temporarily override contextuser / wgUser (declined) T243004: RequestContext setUser should also set wgUser (declined) T244452: Add global $wgUser to DeprecatedGlobalVariablesSniff (resolved) T243708: Mediawiki core needs uses of global $wgUser removed (open) T243371: Non-gerrit extensions that need uses of global $wgUser removed [tracking] (open) T245959: WMF deployed extensions need uses of global $wgUser removed [tracking] (resolved) T247793: Non-WMF deployed extensions need uses of global $wgUser removed [tracking] (open) T267861: [GOAL] Emit deprecation warnings reading from $wgUser (resolved)
Parent Tasks

Column Transitions: (Added project: ⇑, Removed project: ⇓,Entered column: ⇒, Exited column: ⇐)

Project	Column	Date
Technical-Debt	⇐ Unsorted	11 March 2017
Technical-Debt	⇒ Needs removal	11 March 2017
⇓ MediaWiki-General		18 April 2018
⇑ MediaWiki-User-management		18 April 2018
MediaWiki-User-management	⇐ Backlog	18 May 2018
MediaWiki-User-management	⇒ Other	18 May 2018
⇓ Technical-Debt		13 July 2018
⇑ Technical-Debt (Deprecation process)		13 July 2018
⇑ Patch-For-Review		13 September 2018
Technical-Debt (Deprecation process)	⇐ Untriaged	25 September 2018
Technical-Debt (Deprecation process)	⇒ 2019	25 September 2018
⇑ MW-1.32-notes (WMF-deploy-2018-10-16 (1.32.0-wmf.26))		13 October 2018
⇑ MW-1.33-notes (1.33.0-wmf.25; 2019-04-09)		3 April 2019
⇑ MW-1.34-notes (1.34.0-wmf.21; 2019-09-03)		27 August 2019
⇑ User-DannyS712		30 December 2019
User-DannyS712	⇐ Unsorted	30 December 2019
User-DannyS712	⇒ In progress	30 December 2019
⇓ MW-1.33-notes (1.33.0-wmf.25; 2019-04-09)		6 February 2020
⇓ MW-1.32-notes (WMF-deploy-2018-10-16 (1.32.0-wmf.26))		6 February 2020
⇓ MW-1.34-notes (1.34.0-wmf.21; 2019-09-03)		6 February 2020
⇑ Platform Team Workboards (Clinic Duty Team)		12 February 2020
Platform Team Workboards (Clinic Duty Team)	⇐ Inbox	12 February 2020
Platform Team Workboards (Clinic Duty Team)	⇒ External Code Review Needed	12 February 2020
⇓ Patch-For-Review		2 March 2020
⇓ Platform Team Workboards (Clinic Duty Team)		11 March 2020
⇑ Platform Team Workboards (Clinic Duty Team)		12 March 2020
⇓ Platform Team Workboards (Clinic Duty Team)		17 March 2020
⇑ Platform Team Workboards (Initiatives)		17 March 2020
Platform Team Workboards (Initiatives)	⇐ Later	17 March 2020
Platform Team Workboards (Initiatives)	⇒ Now	17 March 2020
⇑ Patch-For-Review		20 March 2020
Technical-Debt (Deprecation process)	⇐ 2019	20 March 2020
Technical-Debt (Deprecation process)	⇒ 2020	20 March 2020
⇓ Patch-For-Review		26 March 2020
⇑ MW-1.35-notes (1.35.0-wmf.26; 2020-03-31)		26 March 2020
⇑ Epic		26 March 2020
⇓ Platform Team Workboards (Initiatives)		15 April 2020
⇑ Platform Team Workboards (Epics)		15 April 2020
User-DannyS712	⇐ In progress	11 May 2020
User-DannyS712	⇒ Projects	11 May 2020
Technical-Debt (Deprecation process)	⇐ 2020	17 December 2020
Technical-Debt (Deprecation process)	⇒ Not yet	17 December 2020