[TYPO3-dev] TYPO3 4.2 Alpha 1

[georg kuehnberger]

Martin Kutschker wrote:
>> I know SUSE supplies a version of 5.2.x and it is one of the dev 
>> environments of core
SLES10 only offers 5.1  AFAI saw.

> When Michael Stucki, head of TYPO3 4.x development, announced the PHP 
> 5.x requirement he set the goal of 5.2 but also reminded everybody to 
> stick to 5.1 for now. Exactly for the reasons you posted here.
> As for now (4.2 alpha) little code really needs PHP 5.1 and none 5.2. 
> IMHO we should leave that for 4.2.
> So in fact there is little to worry for you right now.
> Masi

let me quote []
   http://news.typo3.org/news/article/typo3-42-alpha-1/
tells me:
   "To run TYPO3 4.2alpha1 you need to have at least PHP 5.2."

I guess it'd be best to correct this text (now, or at least ASAP for the 
next alpha) in order to be in line with the current SVN - upcomming 
alphas / betas. [2]

The way the requirements (php 5.2) are stated now will definitely scare 
sysadmins running SLES10 / RHEL.... (only 5.1) away, thus
   "Please test this Alpha as much as possible"
won't work for those sysadmins.

thanks, regards georg

[1] http://news.typo3.org/news/article/typo3-42-alpha-1/

[2]
http://typo3.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/typo3/TYPO3core/trunk/typo3/init.php?view=markup
   255 // *******************************
   256 // Checking environment
   257 // *******************************
   258 if (t3lib_div::int_from_ver(phpversion())<5001000)	die ('TYPO3 
requires PHP 5.1.0 or higher.');
   259 if (isset($_POST['GLOBALS']) || isset($_GET['GLOBALS']))	die('You 
cannot set the GLOBALS-array from outside the script.');