Drop $wgFixMalayalamUnicode, deprecated and unused
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$wgFixMalayalamUnicode has no remaining calls and can be removed. Remaining references to it in Siteinfo should be removed, since the setting will now always be true.
Code search: https://codesearch.wmflabs.org/search/?q=FixMalayalamUnicode&i=nope&files=&repos=

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	Project	Branch	Lines +/-	Subject
	mediawiki/core	master	+6 -52	Remove $wgFixArabicUnicode and $wgFixMalayalamUnicode

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Mentioned In: T26670: having $wgFixMalayalamUnicode = true in DefaultSettings.php breaks some titles and links in ml wikis on upgrade
T232864: Drop legacy hard-deprecated code from MediaWiki ahead of MediaWiki 1.35 release

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DannyS712 created this task.Dec 23 2019, 8:37 AM

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DannyS712 mentioned this in T232864: Drop legacy hard-deprecated code from MediaWiki ahead of MediaWiki 1.35 release.Dec 23 2019, 8:40 AM

DannyS712 moved this task from Unsorted to Next on the User-DannyS712 board.

DannyS712 moved this task from Untriaged to 2019 | MW 1.33 / 1.34 on the Technical-Debt (Deprecation process) board.Dec 28 2019, 5:08 AM

Change 573848 had a related patch set uploaded (by DannyS712; owner: DannyS712):
[mediawiki/core@master] Remove $wgFixArabicUnicode and $wgFixMalayalamUnicode

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/573848

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 21 2020, 5:08 AM

DannyS712 moved this task from Next to Awaiting review and deployment on the User-DannyS712 board.Feb 21 2020, 5:21 AM

Change 573848 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Remove $wgFixArabicUnicode and $wgFixMalayalamUnicode

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/573848

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 21 2020, 8:10 PM

DannyS712 closed this task as Resolved.Feb 21 2020, 8:22 PM

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.35-notes (1.35.0-wmf.21; 2020-02-25).Feb 21 2020, 9:00 PM

Krinkle added a project: MediaWiki-Internationalization.Feb 22 2020, 11:37 PM

DannyS712 moved this task from Awaiting review and deployment to Resolved (deprecation) on the User-DannyS712 board.Feb 23 2020, 10:22 AM

Mainframe98 mentioned this in T26670: having $wgFixMalayalamUnicode = true in DefaultSettings.php breaks some titles and links in ml wikis on upgrade.Mar 25 2021, 3:52 PM