(bug 26866) remove trackback user right from DefaultSettings.php

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index f72c505..f33f6eb 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ PHP if you have not done so prior to upgrading MediaWiki.
   becomes "check to block logged-in users too".  The default settings remain the same.
 * Most of the field names on the Special:Block form have been changed, which will
   probably break screen-scraping bots.
+* The 'trackback' right is no longer granted to sysops by default. $wgUseTrackbacks
+  is already false by default
 
 === New features in 1.18 ===
 * Added a special page, disabled by default, that allows users with the

diff --git a/includes/DefaultSettings.php b/includes/DefaultSettings.php
index 17ad00a..7d3e14a 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/DefaultSettings.php
+++ b/includes/DefaultSettings.php
@@ -3341,7 +3341,6 @@ $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['autopatrol']       = true;
 $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['protect']          = true;
 $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['proxyunbannable']  = true;
 $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['rollback']         = true;
-$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['trackback']        = true;
 $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['upload']           = true;
 $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['reupload']         = true;
 $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['reupload-shared']  = true;
@@ -3358,6 +3357,7 @@ $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['movefile']         = true;
 $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['unblockself']      = true;
 $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['suppressredirect'] = true;
 #$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['mergehistory']     = true;
+#$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['trackback']        = true;
 
 // Permission to change users' group assignments
 $wgGroupPermissions['bureaucrat']['userrights']  = true;
@@ -3975,6 +3975,8 @@ $wgDisableCounters = false;
 /**
  * Support blog-style "trackbacks" for articles.  See
  * http://www.sixapart.com/pronet/docs/trackback_spec for details.
+ *
+ * If enabling this, you also need to grant the 'trackback' right to a group
  */
 $wgUseTrackbacks = false;