This files describes API changes in /mod/forum/*,
information provided here is intended especially for developers.
+=== 3.10 ===
+
+* Changes in external function mod_forum_external::get_discussion_posts_by_userid
+ Now returns the posts of a given user checking the current user capabilities ($USER, the user who is requesting the posts).
+ Previously, it returned the posts checking the capabilities of the user that created the posts.
+
=== 3.8 ===
* The following functions have been finally deprecated and can not be used anymore:
for each post in the database when posts are created or updated. For posts that existed prior to a Moodle 3.8 upgrade, these
are calculated by the refresh_forum_post_counts ad-hoc task in chunks of 5000 posts by default. Site admins are able to modify this
default, by setting $CFG->forumpostcountchunksize to the required integer value.
-* Changes in external function mod_forum_external::get_discussion_posts_by_userid
- $postbuilder build the posts of given user in respect of the permission check of current user $USER who is viewing the user posts,
- it could be teacher or privileged user who can view student post or it can be the user himself.
=== 3.7 ===
* Changed the forum discussion rendering to use templates rather than print functions.
