Summary of Changes

The Joomla\CMS\Changelog\Changelog class uses the LegacyPropertyManagementTrait, which is deprecated. The trait is deprecated because it basically disables the whole visibility system of properties in PHP. This PR removes that trait from this class and changes the core code to use the new way this class works.

This is a b/c break, since the properties now have been changed from protected to public (remember that the trait was there to directly circumvent that again.) and of course the trait has been removed.

Testing Instructions

Copy the following XML into an XML file of your choosing: (for example changelog.xml)

<changelogs>
	<changelog>
		<element>pkg_ru-RU</element>
		<type>package</type>
		<version>5.2.2.1</version>
		<security>
			<item>Item A</item>
			<item><![CDATA[<h2>You MUST replace this file</h2>]]></item>
		</security>
		<fix>
			<item>Item A</item>
			<item>Item b</item>
		</fix>
	</changelog>
</changelogs>

Put the file somewhere where you could access it via a URL, for example simply in the root of the site you are testing this on.
Install a random outdated extension, for example a language pack and then go into the database into the #__updates table and edit the changelog column of the installed extension (e.g. the language pack) and insert the URL to the XML file into it.
Go to the update view in the backend and click on the changelog button next to the available update.

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

You get a view of the changelog.

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

You still get a view of the changelog, but the class behind it has been refactored to not use the outdated code.

Link to documentations

Please select:

• Documentation link for docs.joomla.org:

• No documentation changes for docs.joomla.org needed

• Pull Request link for manual.joomla.org: joomla/Manual#388

• No documentation changes for manual.joomla.org needed