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

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi Franz,

> My intention was not to have them work like the "reviewed" extensions - 
> they simply should not be bundled with the core and get dynamically 
> fetched from TER via the installTool in first place (later maybe also 
> via EM). At least stuff like fe_editing and not that frequently used 
> sysexts like dbal, adodb etc. could be "outsourced". Fe_editing, because 
> there will be two different approaches available soon (once Jeff's AJAX 
> version is ready) - that way you can decide during installation which 
> one to use and download.
> 
> It's just an idea - nothing more.

I would really like some kind of process in install tool (either 
full-fledge or 1-2-3) allowing me to search for extensions to be 
included. Better would be (as already discussed many times) to be able 
to choose kind of a package/bundle/... to be fetched and installed. 
Something like "I want to blog" => tt_news, ... "I want a corporate 
site" => choose among bundle 1 "realurl + templavoila + ...", bundle 2 
"cooluri + ...", ...

IIRC WEC starter kit has already something like that.

-- 
Xavier Perseguers
DBAL-Member

http://xavier.perseguers.ch/en/tutorials/typo3.html