Add @since information to more functions
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	yuvipanda
	Apr 14 2011, 10:14 PM

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Having @since information to functions makes it clear at which version of mediawiki a particular function was introduced. Makes things easy while writing extensions that need to be backwards compatible.

Version: 1.18.x
Severity: enhancement

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Reference: bz28542

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Mentioned In: T251785: Add a sniff to warn when public methods lack `@since`

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yuvipanda created this task.Apr 14 2011, 10:14 PM

I don't know what would be the thing when this bug could be marked fixed. I've been proposing that all new methods and classes get @since tags. It should be documented somewhere.

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