Added some deprecation notes for x_by fields

closes #10286

- we will come up with a new activity stream/actions concept soon

core/server/api/v0.1/users.js

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ const Promise = require('bluebird'),
     common = require('../../lib/common'),
     {urlsForUser} = require('./decorators/urls'),
     docName = 'users',
-    // TODO: implement created_by, updated_by
     allowedIncludes = ['count.posts', 'permissions', 'roles', 'roles.permissions'];
 
 let users;

core/server/data/importer/importers/data/base.js

@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ class Base {
             }
         };
 
+        /**
+         * @deprecated: x_by fields (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/10286)
+         */
         // Iterate over all possible user relations
         _.each(this.dataToImport, (obj) => {
             _.each([

core/server/data/schema/schema.js

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ module.exports = {
          */
         author_id: {type: 'string', maxlength: 24, nullable: false},
         created_at: {type: 'dateTime', nullable: false},
+        /**
+         * @deprecated: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/10286
+         *
+         * This is valid for all x_by fields.
+         */
         created_by: {type: 'string', maxlength: 24, nullable: false},
         updated_at: {type: 'dateTime', nullable: true},
         updated_by: {type: 'string', maxlength: 24, nullable: true},

core/server/models/base/index.js

@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ ghostBookshelf.Model = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
      *   - importing data
      *   - internal context
      *   - if no context
+     *
+     * @deprecated: x_by fields (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/10286)
      */
     onUpdating: function onUpdating(newObj, attr, options) {
         if (schema.tables[this.tableName].hasOwnProperty('updated_by')) {