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

[Peter Niederlag]

Hi,

Michael Scharkow schrieb:
> Patrick Gaumond wrote:
[...]
> If we start the unified development of 4.5/5.0 now, why not see how far
> we get by improving the core and sysexts step by step, both UI and
> code-wise. Given the high standards of reliability in CVS, we can
> release a snapshot anytime between now and the 5.0 release. We then get
> feedback both on usability and API, improve stuff, release again, until
> we have something that can be released as 5.0
> 
> With this, everybody will be happy who is interested in new TYPO3
> releases: The people waiting for better UI and the devs waiting for
> better code. Only the marketing people may be disappointed as there's no
> regular big-bang release to be celebrated.
> 
> Those who are more conservative and rely on a stable TYPO3 4.0 will also
> be happy, as this branch will rock-stable really soon.

These seem valuable arguments to me.

I don't know what is the real issue of an overhauled BE-Interface, as it
is aimed to be done in a 4.5 Release but at least I would imagine
anything more than just cosmetic changes does *necessarily* involve
medium-sized code-adjustments. And if this is meant to be even somehow
backwards-comaptible to all those fancy USER and PAGE-TSConfig options
available now it seems like wasting a bunch of work which should rather
go into a unfied approach of a true architectural improved TYPO3 5.0

I like the idea:
improve, adjust the 4.0 branch with small and light improvements,
getting rid of any bugs that need to be fixed but concentrate from now
on on all the work that needs to be done for a 5.0 release in
approximatly 15 months or so.

Well, we'll see what our chief-developers will come up with. ;)

Greets,
Peter
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