[TYPO3-dev] RFC: Change roadmap for 4.5 and 5.0

[Patrick Gaumond]

Michael Scharkow wrote:
> In short, I'd argue that we should drop the 4.5 milestone and move 
> straight to 5.0 while still improving the UI and usability of TYPO3 on 
> the way. 

 >1.If we change the TYPO3 core for UI enhancements (and most of that is
 > hardcoded in the code), we risk losing a lot of that work again when 5
 > is out and everything will be refactored, and most stuff even
 > rewritten.



I had the same idea months ago and even talk to Kasper about it last 
month. My logic in short (no real numbers) was that taking 6 months to 
get a new BE build on top of 4.0 would take another 3 months to "port" 
it to 5.0 for a total of 9 months for the BE effort instead fo maybe 7 
months if we code directly to 5.0.

But Kasper argued that 5.0 would probably take too long to get to the 
door and TYPO3 as a group effort is still too new to bypass the 4.5 release.

I'm not trying to speak for Kasper but considering the new baby, it 
could takes few days before he join the discussion...

After my discussion with him, I tend to believe he's right.

Maybe we will have to consider 4.5 with a BE 1.5 and finally get BE 2.0 
for TYPO3 5.0...

Are people ready to wait 2 years to get a better BE? I don't think so.

Patrick