[TYPO3-dev] Moving the topic of the discussion a little bit -- Based of thread "Change roadmap..."

[Martin Kutschker]

JoH schrieb:
>>As a result all old extensions must be rewritten to use the new API.
> 
> 
> Thanx - I forgot this fact and that it is a perfect reason why you should
> NOT change the templating principles of TYPO3.
> 
> 
>>So why not simply switch to API and forget all about this inflexible
>>marker stuff?
> 
> 
> Very easy: Because 10thousands of people in the world are doing it this way.
 > [snip]
> So my advice is: Improve existing stuff instead of replacing it with
> something else. Maybe add new functionalities but keep the old ones wherever
> possible.

Fine with me. But keep in mind that we tend to reinvent the wheel again and 
again. We fiddle with our own template stuff. We have an extra layer for DB 
access. We have our own mail stuff. All of them are quite good, but not 
better than their PEAR counterparts (or other free libs).

Masi