I have just attached a monster patch to MDL-17083 removing all the references to these 'deprecated' database fields. This is part of the cleaning up we are doing for Moodle 2.0. Here is the diffstat:
admin/cliupgrade.php | 4 -- backup/backuplib.php | 4 -- backup/restorelib.php | 16 --------- blocks/quiz_results/block_quiz_results.php | 8 ++-- course/format/topics/format.php | 5 +- course/format/weeks/format.php | 5 +- course/pending.php | 7 ---- enrol/database/enrol.php | 4 -- enrol/imsenterprise/enrol.php | 11 ------ enrol/ldap/enrol.php | 4 -- enrol/manual/enrol.php | 2 - enrol/paypal/return.php | 2 - lang/en_utf8/glossary.php | 1 lang/en_utf8/lesson.php | 5 ++ lang/en_utf8/moodle.php | 5 ++ lib/adminlib.php | 4 -- lib/db/install.xml | 10 +---- lib/db/upgrade.php | 32 +++++++++++++++++++ lib/weblib.php | 2 - mod/assignment/lib.php | 6 +-- mod/assignment/type/upload/assignment.class.php | 2 - mod/glossary/mod_form.php | 2 - mod/lesson/essay.php | 10 ++--- mod/lesson/highscores.php | 2 - mod/lesson/locallib.php | 2 - mod/lesson/mod_form.php | 4 +- mod/lesson/report.php | 4 +- mod/lesson/tabs.php | 6 +-- mod/lesson/view.php | 2 - mod/quiz/report/overview/overviewgraph.php | 2 - mod/quiz/report/overview/overviewsettings_form.php | 4 +- mod/quiz/report/overview/report.php | 2 - mod/quiz/report/responses/responsessettings_form.php | 4 +- mod/resource/type/file/resource.class.php | 8 ---- mod/resource/type/repository/resource.class.php | 8 ---- mod/survey/graph.php | 10 ++++- mod/survey/report.php | 6 +-- mod/wiki/index.php | 4 +- user/message.html | 6 --- user/messageselect.php | 11 +----- version.php | 2 -
If you care about any of the modules/blocks/things mentioned there, I suggest you have a look at my proposed changes ASAP. Some of them are simply cleaning up obsolete references to these fields that do not have any effect. In other places, I have had to change* language strings. Those changes will be visible to users. In almost all cases I don't think the new strings are no worse than the old ones, but there are one or two I am not completely happy with.
I would like to commit this patch quite soon, because keeping a patch this big floating around is a pain. Therefore, I would be very grateful for anyone who is prepared to review any part of it.
You have been warned!
* Well, not change language strings, because you must never do that, it makes life impossible for the translators. I mean change to using different or new language strings to avoid needing to refer to $course->students etc.