[TYPO3-dev] TYPO3 7 dependency in extensions

[Stefan Padberg]

+1
Stefan

Am 20.01.2015 um 08:32 schrieb bernd wilke:
> Am 20.01.15 um 03:51 schrieb Michael Schams:
>> On 2015-01-20 13:22, Charles Brunet wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>> In other words, if the extension works with 7.0, can I assume it will
>>> also
>>> work with 7.x, or should I recheck the compatibility (and release an new
>>> version) for each new minor version of TYPO3?
>>
>> Hi Charles,
>>
>> Great, that someone else brings this up, too :-)
>> We had a brief discussion in the ECT list about this topic:
>>
>> http://lists.typo3.org/pipermail/typo3-team-extension-coordination/2014-December/004152.html
>>
>>
>>
>> At this point in time, the legitimate max version in the 7.x
>> branch of TYPO3 is: 7.999.999.
>>
>> Jigal explained this by the fact, that 7.x versions are not
>> considered as separate releases and it we can not ask extension
>> developers to provide an update every 2-3 months.
>>
>> My argument is, that this allows developers to claim, that their
>> extensions work in TYPO3 versions, which have not been released
>> (even developed) yet.
>>
>> This puts us in a position, where we will likely see extensions
>> in the TER which are marked to be compatible with a specific
>> TYPO3 version, but if an integrator installs the extensions,
>> it may break.
>>
>> http://lists.typo3.org/pipermail/typo3-team-extension-coordination/2014-December/004154.html
>>
>>
>>
>> I would appreciate any feedback, comments, thoughts from the
>> dev community on that :-)
>
> you always have the possibility that a new (security) update may come
> with breaking chnages and that extensions stop working well.
> so you can get no warranty for any future versions.
> the question may be: what version-dependency will be accepted when the
> extension is to be installed.
>
> I would like to see the version dependencies of an extensions be solid
> about which versions of TYPO3 have been tested and I can decide if I
> ignore the dependency and use an extension 'out of range'
>
> so a valid dependency declaration on uploading an extension to TER would
> only be the latest released version.
>
> for searching the TER it would be optimal to have the possibility to
> select a version-range for compatibility of extensions
>      on typo3.org default to the latest LTS,
>      and in an installation set to the current main version:
>          4.5.*, 6.2.* or 7.*.*
>
> and while installing an extension there might be a warning about version
> mismatch, but no strict prohibition, where you need to patch the version
> dependency to get it installed anyway.
>
>
> bernd


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