core_backup (subsystem) Upgrade notes

5.2

Removed

• • The following methods have been removed from public/backup/controller/base_controller.class.php:
    • \base_controller::set_copy()
    • \base_controller::get_copy()

  For more information see MDL-87425

5.0

Added

• Added several hooks to the restore process to

  1. Hook to allow extra settings to be defined for the course restore process.
  2. Hook to allow adding extra fields to the copy course form.
  3. Hook used by copy_helper::process_formdata() to expand the list of required fields.
  4. Hook used to allow interaction with the copy task, before the actual task execution takes place.

  Other changes include

  1. base_task::add_setting() is now public to allow hook callbacks to add settings.
  2. Settings are now added to the data sent to the course_restored event.

  For more information see MDL-83479

Removed

• Remove all MODE_HUB related code.

  For more information see MDL-66873

4.5

Removed

• The \core_backup\copy\copy class has been deprecated and removed. Please use \copy_helper instead.

  For more information see MDL-75022

• The following methods in the \base_controller class have been removed:

  Method	Replacement
  \base_controller::set_copy()	Use a restore controller for storing copy information instead.
  \base_controller::get_copy()	\restore_controller::get_copy()

  For more information see MDL-75025