[Typo3-dev] Welcome back in the "goto-age"?

[JoH]

>>> It just makes sense to update an Extension which is extended by
>>> XCLASS mechanism if the changes which are made in the update aren't
>>> in the functions you overwrote by XCLASSing ... This is in my
>>> opinion the most important reason for not using XCLASSes ...
>>
>> True, but sometimes you just want to change class variables.
>
> OK, I give up! ;-) My idea was just a suggestion how we can reduce the
> amount of XCLASS-extensions.
>
> I'm still thinking about other solutions, but until then just keep
> your eyes open when new extensions arrive at the TER and invite the
> authors to merge their changes with the upstream extension IF it
> makes sense (of course)...

Well - it reminds me of a discussion regarding security issues I got with a
friend of mine a few days ago.
He claimed that you don't need to close each and every possible security
hole to prevent users from doing things with their PCs they are not supposed
to do, when it is much easier to tell them:
Do it and you'll be fired and taken to court!! - So maybe we can handle
"extending extended extensions" the same way the removal of the copyright
info in the HTML code is handled - it will be frowned upon.

;-)

Joey

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