Hey all,
This is a reminder that AjaxDispatcher and the Sajax js library have been deprecated for a
while now (many years). They are still around due to them having been exempted from our
deprecation policy – this because these features (as well as their deprecation) predate
the existence of this policy and are part of our legacy stack.
I'd like to propose their removal in MediaWiki 1.26.0. This is expected to release in
November 2015 [1] for third-parties. For Wikimedia sites we'd drop it in June 2015
halfway our 1.26wmf branch cycle. Well after 1.25wmf22 [2], and shortly after the Lyon
Hackathon. [4]
Note that the Sajax js library has been decorated with deprecation notices, and
re-deprecated with release notes since MediaWiki 1.22.0 (December 2013).
Sajax usage has almost been eliminated. Migration should be trivial using jQuery. [3][4]
AjaxDispatcher is typically migrated to an API module. [5]
A few projects known to make use of Sajax:
* SecurePoll
* ReaderFeedback
* BlogPage
(Only SecurePoll is deployed at Wikimedia.)
A few projects known to make use of AjaxDispatcher:
* CategoryTree
* Collection
* FlaggedRevs
* SecurePoll
* SemanticticForms
(All of which are deployed at Wikimedia.)
Tracker bugs:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T55120
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T42786
— Krinkle
Related thread: [Wikitech-l] Call to eliminate sajax, Daniel Friesen, October 2013
https://www.mail-archive.com/wikitech-l%40lists.wikimedia.org/msg63136.html
Related trigger words: AjaxResponse, wgAjaxExportList, sajax_init_object, wfSupportsAjax,
sajax_do_call
[1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle
[2]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.25/Roadmap
[3]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Legacy_JavaScript#ajax.js
[4]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2015
[5]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Ajax