[TYPO3-dev] TYPO3 4.2 Alpha 1

[ben van 't ende [netcreators]]

JoH asenau wrote:
>>> 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.
>> I know, but we want to get people to install/update to PHP 5.2... The
>> mentioned distributions might get 5.2 until the final release of 4.2
>> anyways. If that's not the case then we might change the "official"
>> requirement.
> 
> The problem might not be the distribution but the current environment, which
> is setup to run TYPO3 versions before 4.2.
> If you are running PHP as apache module (which is true for many hosters as
> well) you can decide if you want PHP4 _OR_ PHP5 but can't have both of them.
> A first check after switching to PHP5 just showed that there are several
> extensions that simply refuse to work with PHP5 (even extdeveval doesn't
> work anymore due to a redeclared $this!). Since I have to make sure that the
> current TYPO3 installs hosted on my live server still run smoothly with
> TYPO3 versions <= 4.1.2, I unfortunately had to switch back to PHP4 again,
> which means: Can't test TYPO3 4.2 so far and additionally means: Can't check
> out the new IRRE features which might have been an additional boost for the
> upcoming ICE pack.
> 
> IMHO it's a "no go", if you have to upgrade your whole system just to update
> to a new TYPO3 version while the current versions of many extensions won't
> run on this upgraded system yet and this might put even more people on a
> track leading away from TYPO3.
> Maybe some day you will recognize that it is less important, what you guys
> want people to do, but it is much more important what people want you guys
> to do.

Hey JoH,

Your problems remind me of the time we had to set up a Red Hat server that did
not have GD and other image libs by default and we didn't know a thing about
this stuff. Wow that was frustrating. It was a painful road getting all shit
together to run, but it did not stop me from using TYPO3. With my small amount
of developers knowledge I still recognize that the GoPHP5 initiative is
extremely important. I think it is also important to use the 4.2 alpha1 to be
able to recognize what extensions (like you mention extdeveval) do not run on
PHP5+ so this can be fixed.

Sometimes you have to suffer a bit to get the best out of something ;-) Keep up
your spirits!

gRTz

ben
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