From: Tim Starling <tstarling@wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 04:47:24 +0000 (+1100)
Subject: Deprecate $wgSharedDB
X-Git-Tag: 1.31.0-rc.0~22105^2
X-Git-Url: http://git.cyclocoop.org/%24href?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ac3a0a58a7113197849241581629b501ddd3f1da;p=lhc%2Fweb%2Fwiklou.git

Deprecate $wgSharedDB

Deprecate $wgSharedDB in response to it accidentally being used in
Wikidata. It was always an ugly hack.

Change-Id: I68f3bfe7afc49a49cd310b66dc03cf52507d3e58
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diff --git a/includes/DefaultSettings.php b/includes/DefaultSettings.php
index 28f9aeae98..e25bc3e2c0 100644
--- a/includes/DefaultSettings.php
+++ b/includes/DefaultSettings.php
@@ -1377,10 +1377,14 @@ $wgAllDBsAreLocalhost = false;
  * $wgSharedTables may be customized with a list of tables to share in the shared
  * datbase. However it is advised to limit what tables you do share as many of
  * MediaWiki's tables may have side effects if you try to share them.
- * EXPERIMENTAL
  *
  * $wgSharedPrefix is the table prefix for the shared database. It defaults to
  * $wgDBprefix.
+ *
+ * @deprecated In new code, use the $wiki parameter to wfGetLB() to access 
+ *   remote databases. Using wfGetLB() allows the shared database to reside on 
+ *   separate servers to the wiki's own database, with suitable configuration 
+ *   of $wgLBFactoryConf.
  */
 $wgSharedDB = null;