From: bugreport%peshkin.net <>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 09:48:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: relnotes update for Bug 253588 changes deprecating defined(Bugzilla->user)
X-Git-Tag: bugzilla-2.18rc3~62
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b178b70079c494368494934ff212c70f6b43a43b;p=thirdparty%2Fbugzilla.git

relnotes update for Bug 253588 changes deprecating defined(Bugzilla->user)
a=justdave
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diff --git a/docs/rel_notes.txt b/docs/rel_notes.txt
index a379404fb3..ab56635e69 100644
--- a/docs/rel_notes.txt
+++ b/docs/rel_notes.txt
@@ -286,8 +286,11 @@ Code Changes Which May Affect Customizations
 
 - Use Bugzilla->user->login in place of $::COOKIE{Bugzilla_login}
 
-- You can tell if there's a user logged in or not by checking if
-  Bugzilla->user exists rather than looking for $::userid==0
+- You can tell if there's a user logged in or not by using
+  Bugzilla->user rather than looking for $::userid==0.
+  In new 2.18 code, use defined(Bugzilla->user) && (Bugzilla->user->id)
+  In 2.20, this will become just (Bugzilla->user->id)
+  In templates, always test [% IF user.id %] rather than [% IF user %]
 
 
 Recommended Practice for the Upgrade