Make SpecialVersion a real special page and move all helper function to own service
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	Umherirrender
	Oct 10 2020, 10:02 PM

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The class SpecialVersion has many static function to share code with api, installer or parser.

Move it to a new service?

Or it is safe to use static functions here?

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	SpecialVersion: clean up and simplify	mediawiki/core	master	+76 -98

		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Open		None	T259960 Inject services into API modules and special pages
		Open		None	T265201 Make SpecialVersion a real special page and move all helper function to own service

Maybe create a VersionInfo service, analogous to GitInfo (not yet a service though itself), but they should all be.

Change 676052 had a related patch set uploaded (by DannyS712; author: DannyS712):

[mediawiki/core@master] SpecialVersion: clean up and simplify