New required parameter added to _node_mass_update_batch_process()

By amateescu on 8 April 2016

Change record status:

Published (View all published change records)

Project:

Drupal core

Introduced in branch:

8.0.x

Introduced in version:

8.0.6

Issue links:

https://www.drupal.org/node/2688535

Description:

During the conversion of nodes to the new multilingual system in Drupal 8, the _node_mass_update_batch_process() batch callback function was not updated properly with the rest of the surrounding code, thus missing a $langcode parameter.

This caused an unexpected data loss situation: when a user who authored more than 10 content items (nodes) is being deleted and its content should be assigned to the Anonymous user, the content is deleted instead.

In Drupal 8.0.6, a new required $langcode parameter has been added to _node_mass_update_batch_process(). Even if it constitutes an API break, this solution was preferred over making the new parameter optional in order to prevent the data loss scenario.

Impacts:

Site builders, administrators, editors

Module developers

Updates Done (doc team, etc.)

Online documentation:

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Theming guide:

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Examples project:

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