[TYPO3-dev] RFC - Remove DBAL in total

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

Mathias Schreiber [wmdb] wrote:
> If DBAL is an extension the path would be like this:
> - Set up TYPO3 with mysql
> - Load Extension List
> - Install DBAL
> - Delete MySQL Database (if no longer needed)

Imagine if the company uses Oracle exclusively. They have no training in MySQL and do not know how to install it. Will they choose a product that requires MySQL only to install such product?

> Option number two would be to store the extension cache in an XML file
> and use the PHP5 stuff to look things up.

Extension cache updates hourly :)

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Dmitry Dulepov
TYPO3 core team
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