[MDL-66753] The People block is no longer needed and should be removed from core - Moodle Tracker

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Type: Improvement
Status: Closed
Priority: Minor
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 3.7.2
Fix Version/s: 3.8
Component/s: Blocks
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Testing Instructions:
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Before Upgrade

Install a few instances of block_participants on a course page, on a category overview page, on an activity page and on Site home.

Apply patch

Go to upgrade screen and make sure you see "block_participants" marked to be deleted.

Run through upgrade.

Visit your site, now all instances of block_participants should be removed. No errors related to it should be noticed.
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Before Upgrade Install a few instances of block_participants on a course page, on a category overview page, on an activity page and on Site home. Apply patch Go to upgrade screen and make sure you see "block_participants" marked to be deleted. Run through upgrade. Visit your site, now all instances of block_participants should be removed. No errors related to it should be noticed.
Affected Branches:
MOODLE_37_STABLE
Fixed Branches:
MOODLE_38_STABLE
Pull from Repository:
git://github.com/abias/moodle.git
Pull Master Branch:
~~MDL-66753~~-master
Pull Master Diff URL:
https://github.com/abias/moodle/compare/6ec1078469...MDL-66753-master

Description

The People block is a very old block which dates back to the time before we had a navigation block or a navigation drawer. Thus, it was needed in the olden days to provide a link to the Participants page. Nowadays it is no longer needed because there is a Participants link in the navigation drawer (Boost theme) and in the navigation block (Classic theme).

Thus, to simplify Moodle a tiny bit and reduce the long list of blocks, I suggest that the People block is removed from core and added to the plugins directory.

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Activity

People

Assignee:: Alexander Bias

Reporter:: Helen Foster

Peer reviewer:: David Mudrák (@mudrd8mz)

Integrator:: Andrew Nicols

Tester:: Janelle Barcega

Participants:: Alexander Bias, Andrew Nicols, CiBoT, David Mudrák (@mudrd8mz), Helen Foster, Janelle Barcega, Mary Cooch

Component watchers:: Adrian Greeve, Jake Dallimore, Mathew May, Mihail Geshoski, Peter Dias, Sujith Haridasan

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Watchers:: 8 Start watching this issue

Dates

Created:: 23/Sep/19 9:37 PM

Updated:: 16/Apr/20 1:05 AM

Resolved:: 12/Oct/19 5:12 AM

Fix Release Date:: 18/Nov/19

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