[TYPO3-dev] OT: Re: PHP requirement

[Oliver Hader]

Hi Xavier,

Xavier Perseguers schrieb:
>> But if it's just a "toy" and a learning tool then it shouldn't be named
>> ExtBase which implies to be a real, stable foundation for the future.
> 
> For the time being I must admit that I could not (yet) use it in a
> real-life scenario. But I do not consider it as a toy, only as an
> unfinished work that needs quite some work and feedback and perhaps
> helping hands to become the new base. Who is working on it except
> Jochen? He did such a great job for the moment...
> 
> I thought it should become part of 4.3, isn't it the case anymore?

Oh, it will be part of TYPO3 4.3. The next alpha will contain Extbase
and Fluid as system extensions.

> Core devs should advertise its use and try it and give feedback to
> enhance it.

There will be sessions about it at the T3DD09 and there was a tutorial
already at the T3CON09-Dallas. Furthermore there will be some articles
in the next issue of the T3N magazine.

>> Anway, those who want to use it, may do so. I'm just a bit disappointed
>> that's all.
> 
> I'm not!
> 
> ExtBase is definitively a bridge to holy v5 and FLOW3. And using FLOW3
> instead of ExtBase is I guess a wish from all of us.

Yeah! It's an important milestone in whole TYPO3 development that offers
the possibility to use the concepts of TYPO3v5 now and start
implementing extensions for TYPO3v4 that are nearly future-proof for 5.0.

olly
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Oliver Hader
TYPO3 Release Manager 4.3