Extension:Backup

Purpose
Defines a new hook 'backup' as a service to backup extensions.

Features

 * Page
 * Creation  (done)
 * Update    (done)
 * Delete    (done)
 * Move      (done)
 * Protection (done)
 * File
 * Upload    (done)
 * Re-upload (done) (same as upload)
 * Delete    (done)
 * Move      (not allowed - hence, nothing to implement)
 * Log        (done)

Usage
This extension is meant to serve other extensions. It is not meant to be used 'standalone'.

Theory Of Operation
Page change events are trapped and the corresponding 'Recent Change Identifier' (i.e. rc_id) field is attached to a 'backup_operation' object. Trapping is done through the 'RecentChange_save' hook. The 'revision' information is the critical information: every page change is associated with a unique 'revision id'. When a complete 'backup_operation' is ready, the event 'backup' is fired (i.e. the hook 'backup' is called).

Dependancies

 * StubManager extension
 * (optional) patched Article.php
 * (optional but strongly recommended) Extension:ImagePageEx

Installation
To install independantly from BizzWiki: process deletion in the NS_IMAGE namespace.
 * Download & Install Extension:StubManager extension
 * Dowload all this extension's files and place in the desired directory
 * Apply the following changes to 'LocalSettings.php' after the statements of Extension:StubManager:
 * If desired, an updated 'includes/Article.php' file can be installed. See.
 * If desired but strongly recommended, Extension:ImagePageEx should be installed in order to properly

Article.php patch
MediaWiki by default purges the 'recent changes' table for entries related to a delete article/image. This behavior introduces some rather annoying side effects to this extension. A patched copy of Article.php can be downloaded from BizzWiki's repository.

Image
Upon deletion:
 * no 'ArticleDelete' event is fired.
 * recent changes table is cleared of any related entries
 * log entry is created

Revision Identifier
Verify that the 'revision id' information is safely trapped:
 * Page
 * Creation  || ArticleSave              || rev_id OK
 * Update    || ArticleSave              || rev_id OK
 * Delete    || ArticleDeleteComplete    || rev_id OK
 * Move      || SpecialMovepageAfterMove || rev_id OK (set to latest ID of source title)
 * Protection || ArticleProtectComplete  || rev_id OK
 * Log        || RecentChange_save        || rev_id *NOT NEEDED*
 * File
 * Upload    || FileUpload               || rev_id OK
 * Delete    || ImageDoDeleteBegin       || rev_id OK
 * Re-upload || FileUpload               || (done) (same as upload)
 * Move      (OK as it is not allowed anyway)