Hi there,
From the Release Note for MW 1.33:
(
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.33)
LinksDeletionUpdate is now a subclass of LinksUpdate.
As a consequence,
the following hooks will now be triggered upon page deletion in addition
to page
updates: LinksUpdateConstructed, LinksUpdate, LinksUpdateComplete.
I have an extension that uses the LinksUpdate hook to re-parse the article
in order to extract meta-data that it then stores in the DB for use
elsewhere in the extension.
I use LinksUpdate, rather than ArticleSaveComplete, as I also need to
re-parse the article when any of its templates changes. This hook captures
all changes that affect the page (by my understanding) except - up until
1.33 - deletions.
I therefore also use the ArticleDeleteComplete hook to remove the article
from the extension's meta-data tables when the article is deleted.
In the light of the above change to the LinksUpdate hook, what changes do I
need to make to my extension? Shall I simply drop the ArticleDeleteComplete
hook and update LinksUpdate to check whether an article is deleted or not
(how?) to decide which action is required? Or is there more to it.
On a separate note, I also reparse the page when the ArticleUndelete hook is
called. Is this necessary, or is LinksUpdate also being called for
undeletes?
Finally, I do a similar thing in the TitleMoveComplete hook - I reparse both
the old article and the new article. Is this also redundant due to
LinksUpdate calls, or not?
Kind regards,
- Mark Clements (HappyDog)