* (bug 24006) deleteArchivedRevisions.php maintenance script now longer throws a...

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 7dfa759..1927bfe 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
 * (bug 23845) Special:ListFiles now uses correct file names without underscores
 * Ask for permanent login in Special:Preferences only if $wgCookieExpiration > 0
 * (bug 16356) Repair dumpInterwiki.inc to use proper normalization.
+* (bug 24006) deleteArchivedRevisions.php maintenance script now longer throws
+  a fatal error
 
 === API changes in 1.17 ===
 * (bug 22738) Allow filtering by action type on query=logevent.

diff --git a/maintenance/Maintenance.php b/maintenance/Maintenance.php
index 3614adf..31d737c 100644 (file)
--- a/maintenance/Maintenance.php
+++ b/maintenance/Maintenance.php
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ abstract class Maintenance {
         * @param $delete Boolean: whether or not to actually delete the records
         * @author Rob Church <robchur@gmail.com>
         */
-       protected function purgeRedundantText( $delete = true ) {
+       public function purgeRedundantText( $delete = true ) {
                # Data should come off the master, wrapped in a transaction
                $dbw = wfGetDB( DB_MASTER );
                $dbw->begin();