[TYPO3-dev] PHP requirement

[Martin Kutschker]

Ingmar Schlecht schrieb:
> Hi Masi,
> 
> Martin Kutschker schrieb:
>> Steffen Müller schrieb:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> I stumbled upon a bug which breaks extbase when using PHP < 5.2.3
>>> http://forge.typo3.org/issues/show/3224
>>> Jochen set the requirement of extbase to PHP >= 5.2.3 which resolved the
>>> bug.
>>>
>>> If extbase is going to be shipped as a sysext (which means it is part of
>>> the core), it seems logical to me to raise this PHP requirement also for
>>> the rest of the core. Otherwise extbase will not run on certain systems
>>> (Debain Etch, SUSE 10.2, ...).
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>> That ExtBase should depend on 5.3 so it can use PHP namespaces like
>> FLOW3 does.
> 
> I think you have misunderstood what the aim of Extbase is. As far as I
> understand it, it is to enable people to already use the concepts behind
> FLOW3 and TYPO3v5 in a productive environment within the TYPO3 v4
> context right now - which, I think, is a pretty cool thing.
> 
> So, if you don't want Extbase to end up as just another playground for
> experimental development, it obviously should absolutely not depend on
> PHP 5.3.

It shouldn't be a playground. But PHP 5.3 is nearly there and therefore
available for everyone. ExtBase and FLOW3 aim for the future. So forget
about PHP 5.2 and below and present FLOW3 via ExtBase in its true form
(with namespaces).

Masi