[TYPO3-dev] What is the purpose of sysexts?

[Ries van Twisk]

On May 19, 2009, at 12:39 PM, Niels Pardon wrote:

> Hi Ries!
>
> Thanks for your input!
>
> Ries van Twisk schrieb:
>> I believe that once was said (on a typo3 core meeting on IRC)  a  
>> sysext
>> depends on a specific core version.
>>
>> For example you cannot put css_styled_content on TER because the  
>> latest
>> version that is compatible with 4.2.0
>> will properly not work on older versions of TYPO3. Same goes for DBAl
>> and other highly TYPO3 version depend extensions.
>
> AFAIK any extension can depend on a specific core version. So this is
> not special to sysexts, or do I get you wrong here?
>
> If I get you right then what your saying in your second paragraph is
> that the core would be hardly usable without the mentioned sysexts.
>
> Greets,
>
> Niels


I was trying to say it the other way around. a sysextion is un-usable  
(can break badly) on other
versions of TYPO3 then it was designed for.

I am not a core member... things might have changed in teh last couple  
of years....

Ries