Re: [Wikitech-l] Deprecating individual parameter combinations

Hey all, As per the commentary on bug #32987, it might be desirable to change the constructor for ThumbnailImage from: $foo = new ThumbnailImage( $file, $url, $width, $height, $path, $page ); to: $foo = new ThumbnailImage( $file, $url, $params ); where $params in an associative array containing width, height and any other parameters we want to have now or in the future. Obviously, at the same time as any change to the constructor is made, all the references in core and Gerrit-tracked extensions can be switched over to the new format. However, I was wondering what people consider best practice with regard to softening the transition in order to avoid non-Gerrit-tracked extensions breaking. I've thrown up one idea at http://pastebin.com/Jw109j4a .