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

[Franz Holzinger]

Xavier Perseguers a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
>>>>> Main purpose is that the maintainance of sys extension is done by the
>>>>> core team.
>>>> Doesn't this also mean more "load" on the core developers?
>>>
>>> Of course. But the idea is that TYPO3 comes with a set of useful
>>> extension in a quality that matches that of the Core.
>>
>> Although I understand the philosophy behind I don't know if it's a 
>> good idea to bundle those extensions with the core and make the 
>> overall package harder to maintain. Some TER-flag "core 
>> certified/maintained" or something would also be ok in my eyes. And 
>> once the installer might be able to load certain distribution 
>> packages, it could also automatically fetch some "core  certified" 
>> extensions on demand.
> 
> We all know the story of "reviewed" extensions. This simply does not 
> work because it requires a huge investment of time...

But it has the effect that many new users will no see any extension when 
they did not carefully study the handbooks before they started to use TYPO3.
'Enable extensions without review (basic security check):'
o

will in most cases result in

No matching extensions found.

when you want to import an extension from TER.



- Franz