$wgExtensionFunctions is an odd special case that behaves like a hook, but not quite. It could easily be deprecated and replaced with a hook. Migration of extensions that currently register ExtensionFunctions would be trivial.
Note that $wgExtensionFunctions are called late in Setup.php, after MediaWikiServices is initialized. There even is a hook called earlier, namely the SetupAfterCache hook. Adding a SetupComplete hook to replace $wgExtensionFunctions would be trivial.
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deprecate $wgExtensionFunctions | mediawiki/core | master | +14 -6 |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T271574 Phase out $wgExtensionFunctions | |||
| Open | None | T180192 Audit wgExtensionFunctions, onRegistration and onSetupAfterCache callbacks in Wikimedia-deployed extensions | |||
| Resolved | Legoktm | T200381 Remove PAGE_IMAGES_INSTALLED constant | |||
| Resolved | Catrope | T200390 Why does $wgNotificationSender exist | |||
| Resolved | Legoktm | T200650 Deprecate/obsolete $wgWikimediaJenkinsCI | |||
| Open | None | T200385 Add a hook to modify $wgLogTypes / LogPage::validTypes() at runtime | |||
| Open | None | T288225 Remove need for $wgExtensionFunction to configure CSP in MediaWiki | |||
| Open | None | T288224 Fix $wgMathFullRestbaseURL so it doesn't require a $wgExtensionFunction to set | |||
| Open | None | T288223 Move Wikimedia's XFF log to MediaWiki core |
Change 656368 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ammarpad; owner: Ammarpad):
[mediawiki/core@master] Add hook replacement for $wgExtensionFunctions
Change 656368 abandoned by Ammarpad:
[mediawiki/core@master] Deprecate $wgExtensionFunctions
Reason:
I disagree with this task, we shouldn't replace $wgExtensionFunctions with anything, it should just go away. Nearly all uses of $wgExtensionFunctions are to affect global state during setup where either 1) it should just do it at runtime and lazy load, or 2) we're missing a better hook elsewhere, e.g. T200385: Add a hook to modify $wgLogTypes / LogPage::validTypes() at runtime.
Change 904653 had a related patch set uploaded (by Krinkle; author: Krinkle):
[mediawiki/extensions/CentralAuth@master] Declare AntiSpoof as required dependency for CentralAuth