[TYPO3-dev] Extensions need update for 4.3!

[Sebastian Gebhard]

+1

Though the idea to claim better code might be good and the extension 
developers DO have responsibililty, all this ideological things won't help. 
If Version 4.3. stops many extensions to work I think the major part of 
TYPO3 users won't upgrade (or downgrade after upgrade and swearing) and that 
would mean Version 4.3 will not be successful. We all don't want that.
Is the change really needed?

> Dmitry Dulepov wrote:
> Let's forget about semantics. An extension works (as in provides the
> expected functionality without producing errors) in 4.2.x and produces a
> fatal error in 4.3. This extension isn't compatible with 4.3, so 4.3 isn't
> backwards compatible.
> You can defend the behaviour by claiming that 4.3 only enforces rules that
> were already there in older versions, but the practical truth is that this
> stops a lot of (perhaps poorly coded) extensions from working.
>
> Next to the "Don't panic" sign there should be a warning that upgrading to
> 4.3 may cause a lot of extensions to produce fatal errors. :-)
>
>>> I agree, but the practical side is that TYPO3 lives in a world with
>>> thousands of extensions which may not all contain the best possible code
>>> :-(
>>
>> Use better extensions ;)
>
> For many things there isn't much choice :-(
>
>>> If it were 5.0 I wouldn't mind stricter demands, but for 4.x I expect as
>>> many extensions as possible still to function as before. (My $0.02)
>>
>> I would ask author for update :)
>
> Judging by the number of "the author failed to respond or provide an
> update within a reasoble amount of time" remarks in the notices from the
> security team, this isn't something you can expect all the time. Even when
> the author manages to update the extension in a month, what should all the
> non-developers do with their websites? Just post a notice like "we had to
> disable the xxx functionality while we are waiting for the author to
> provide an update"??
>
> Minor updates just shouldn't stop "a lot of extensions" (as Steffen put
> it) from working.
>
> -- 
> Jigal van Hemert.
>
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