[TYPO3-dev] hide be_user options by default?

[Dmitry Dulepov [typo3]]

Hi!

Martin Kutschker wrote:
> Oh come on. Every day devs add stuff to TYPO3 that *might* break an 
> extensions. Fields are added, sometimes even changed (multi FE group 
> access broke some extensions), etc.

Well, if we do not care, it means people may not trust new versions.

> The TCA layout (UI) of pages and tt_content have been changed. This WILL 
> break extensions/setuos that modfiy the TCA in a certain way. You're 
> proclaiming stagnancy.
> 
> Anway I habe thought up a way we're compatible in a reasonable way:
> 
> be_users gets a type or a checkbox "hide access lists", which defaults 
> to "no". A new conf var may set the default to "yes". The new 1-2-3 
> installer will set this to yes, of course only for fresh installations.
> 
> If we want to we can change the above wording/semantics to a "show 
> access lists" scenario.

Do you see a problem with my proposed solution? I just outlined two possibilities and said that one of them is better be avoided. But we are free to use another to achieve the same effect and nothing will break;

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