List of changes:
* New OOP API using PHP namespace \core\session\.
* All handlers now update the sessions table consistently.
* Experimental DB session support in Oracle.
* Full support for session file handler (filesystem locking required).
* New option for alternative session directory.
* Official memcached session handler support.
* Workaround for memcached version with non-functional gc.
* Improved security - forced session id regeneration.
* Improved compatibility with recent PHP releases.
* Fixed borked CSS during install in debug mode.
* Switched to file based sessions in new installs.
* DB session setting disappears if DB does not support sessions.
* DB session setting disappears if session handler specified in config.php.
* Fast purging of sessions used in request only.
* No legacy distinction - file, database and memcached support the same functionality.
* Session handler name included in performance info.
* Fixed user_loggedin and user_loggedout event triggering.
* Other minor bugfixing and improvements.
* Fixed database session segfault if MUC disposed before $DB.
Limitations:
* Session access time is now updated right after session start.
* Support for $CFG->sessionlockloggedinonly was removed.
* First request does not update userid in sessions table.
* The timeouts may break badly if server hosting forces PHP.ini session settings.
* The session GC is a lot slower, we do not rely on external session timeouts.
* There cannot be any hooks triggered at the session write time.
* File and memcached handlers do not support session lock acquire timeouts.
* Some low level PHP session functions can not be used directly in Moodle code.
Capability checks are performed at the top of the page and do not need
to be completed again.
Search is an expected feature for users and it was confusion to only
appear after 3 pages. This has been changed to enable search when
there are more records than are visible on the screen. If users
are unable to use browser search, they will be able to use Moodle's
search.
Because the 'size' option was not specified, the renderer used the
default size 35 for both modes. Therefore, the f2.png profile picture
was used even though the detailed expects 100x100 pictures. With this
patch, both sizes are specified explicitly and do not rely on the
default value.
Major tasks undertaken in this patch:
* New format_text argument, overflowdiv.
* New page layout Report.
* Review of all format_text calls.
* Added support for the report layout to all themes.
* Changed forum post display from tables to divs.
New string is available. Use get_string('labelsep', 'langconfig') to be used
as a separator between a label and the labelled text. If you want to
produce <label> HTML element, you may be interested in the new
html_writer::label() method. Simple selects and URL selects now use it.
There are bambillion places where ': ' is hardcoded as a separator. I do
not think we have to fix them manually now (and mass search and replace
would be tricky) but everybody should stop adding new.
Do not abuse 'labelsep' for any other purposes. Note that it may not be
colon in some languages or sites.
Jerome Mouneyrac