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

[Dimitri Tarassenko]

Joey,

On 4/12/06, JoH <info at cybercraft.de> wrote:

> > Well, the way we were talking about object-based DB layer and other
> > things it does look like a complete rewrite anyway ;).
>
> But there is a big difference between a rewrite of stuff that is going on
> "behind the scenes" and kicking things that are used by non programmers to
> configure the system.
> You can improve the functions that are triggered by the TypoScript
> parameters and maybe you can improve consistency and syntax.
> For the user it will be still the same to call stdWrap functions, but the
> performance will be improved.

ANY user who is smart enough to figure out how stdWrap functions work
can learn Smarty in 5 minutes and then will NEVER look back. In fact,
you can implement all stdWrap functions as your custom functions in
Smarty for people who got used to the old stuff.

> A "rewrite" has nothing to do with a complete change of features.
> IMHO it's about rewriting the code while keeping most of the features as is.
> The goal is to get a better working TYPO3 not a completely different TYPO3!

And why do you think these two goals are mutually exclusive? I would
argue that TYPO3 is almost at the point where to get a better working
version of it you need to do a lot of things quite differently from
the way they are currently done.

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Dimitri Tarassenko