[Meta]: Port away from old emit mechanism
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Description
Context: there are currently three ways to do events in NC: using the legacy emmiter, using symfony event dispatcher and the new event dispatcher. Everything should be ported to the new way
Current pull requests:
- https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/32019
- https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/32018
- https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/47865
- https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/50689
Possible sub-tasks:
- Port repair/updater away from emmiter
- Make OCP\IRootFolder not extends OC\Emiiter
- ...
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the listed pull requests and the current event-dispatching implementations in Nextcloud server. Investigate the repair/updater emitter usage and the OCP\IRootFolder inheritance mentioned in the subtasks. Done means the remaining legacy emitter and Symfony dispatcher paths are ported to the new event dispatcher.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100