[Typo3-dev] Sharing the load of development?

[JoH]

> > Makes sense. I can do that if you like.
> >
>
>  We will discuss this...
>
> > Do you really plan to name it 'supernews'? Just to be sure: It's not an
> > updated version of tt_news, right?
>
>  No, we'll start from scratch and include as much features as
>  possible...

Well - I guess this will be the main problem of these new kind of
"superextensions".
They will be overloaded with functions nobody really needs in one extension.
And they will be hard to handle for newbies and other people without
programming skills.

IMHO a real "superextension" has to be clearly arranged with a lean code
containing not more than what is necessary but in a way that one can simply
add what is needed.
Some kind of "extendable extension" or a "framework within the framework".
The current tt_news and tt_products extension for example share the same
code and programming principles to some extend.
A real "superextension" should be something that can be used for news _and_
products (or anything else that handles so called "records" outside the
usual content) just by klicking some buttons in the backend and activating
some additional fields without having to use the kickstarter and without
adding additional PHP-code. (One step in this direction has been done with
the "selectpro"-extension which is still not very user friendly) This way we
will enable an average Admin-user to construct and arrange his own news-,
products- or whatever-extension in just a few minutes. Maybe this could be
realized as a GUI where you can simply activate things, move them around or
delete them again.

OK - I'm getting lost in details ...
so let's stop here for now.

Joey