Maniphest T299982

Deprecate Less `.background-image()`/`.list-style-image()` mixins
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	Volker_E
	Jan 24 2022, 11:50 PM

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All mixins in 'mediawiki.mixins.less' besides screen reader helper mixin .mixin-screen-reader-text() are aiming to overcome cross browser issues and provide a shorthand for normalizing rendering across the board.
They all use names following CSS properties.
After @embed was removed from .background-image() in 792ba93 the mixin is just sparing 4 chars now and providing less added value in IDEs with property autocomplete in comparison to CSS property, making this mixins technical debt in our codebases.

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Deprecate .background-image() CodeSearch/.list-style-image() in MW 1.38
Remove following minor release 1.39

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	mediawiki.mixins: Deprecate various mixins	mediawiki/core	master	+5 -0

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Mentioned Here: rMW792ba9356774: resources: Remove `@embed` where it may do more harm than good

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Volker_E created this task.Jan 24 2022, 11:50 PM

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Change 756729 had a related patch set uploaded (by VolkerE; author: VolkerE):

[mediawiki/core@master] mediawiki.mixins: Deprecate various mixins

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/756729

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 25 2022, 12:03 AM

Change 756729 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] mediawiki.mixins: Deprecate various mixins

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/756729

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.38-notes (1.38.0-wmf.20; 2022-01-31).Jan 26 2022, 1:00 AM

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 26 2022, 1:10 AM

Volker_E added a project: MW-1.39-release.Jan 26 2022, 4:29 PM

Volker_E updated the task description. (Show Details)

Reedy moved this task from Blocker to To deprecate or remove on the MW-1.39-release board.Mar 3 2022, 6:18 PM

Chutz moved this task from To deprecate or remove to Bundling on the MW-1.39-release board.Nov 15 2022, 3:26 AM

Chutz moved this task from Bundling to To deprecate or remove on the MW-1.39-release board.

Volker_E updated the task description. (Show Details)Nov 13 2023, 10:34 AM

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