[Typo3-dev] The future of the TYPO3 platform

[Martin Adler]

Hi List,

after following the previous discussions about versioning and PHP5, i 
thought i will share a little about what i think about TYPO3 and how it 
looks to a long time open-source user.

I do not mean to criticize anyone with this post!

That said, the community should come up with a better way to manage the 
project as a whole. Things that come to mind:

- AFAIK there is no bugtracking system (like e.g. bugzilla)
- AFAIK there are only a handfull of core developers (besides Kasper)
- There should be a better management for the available manpower (people 
managing e.g. CVS, release maintainers, feature plans, plugin 
coordinators, website updates (maybe blog?), documentation, i18n)
- Version and release cycle PLANS

I have been using TYPO3 since v. 3.5.0-rc1. What will happen to the 
3.5.0 release anyway? Will there be bugfixes and/or backports for the 
3.5.x branch?

I am comparing this to say the linux kernel project, the KDE project or 
for example the gentoo project. I am quite happy on how the information 
level for users, geeks, and developers is shared at different levels. I 
realize the these projects are far more sophisticated but TYPO3 
definitely has the potential.

Conclusion: Things just seem a little unstuctured. I believe Kasper 
should concentrate on what he does best: code :-)

Well happy posting and maybe we can build on this.

Greetings,

Martin