[TYPO3] no PHPMyAdmin in Tools of 4.1.2

[Cate & Peter]

Hi Patrick

Thanks for that :) I did search around a bit, but that article didn't come
to my attention.

> Cate & Peter wrote:
> >>> I no longer have access to PHPMyAdmin in the backend of my Typo3
> >>> installation, following upgrade to 4.1.2 - has it been removed???
> >>> Surely not?
> 
> > Was this a documented drop anywhere? I have had it in every version
since I
> > don't know when, and it just disappeared in this upgrade.
> 
> Since 4.0 it was removed from Core:
> 
> http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/TYPO3_4.0
> 
> Removed Extensions
> 
> The following extensions were shipped as default global extensions in
> TYPO3 3.8 and have been removed from the TYPO3 source. They are either
> still available through TER or have been phased out:
> 
> ...
> phpmyadmin
> ...
> 
> Also mentionned in the Stucki interview:
> http://news.typo3.org/news/article/interview-with-michael-stucki/
> 
> Extract:
> 
> "Michael:
> There were several reasons. The idea to remove global extensions from
> the core distribution was planned since the introduction of the system
> extensions. The main advantage is that these extensions can be developed
> (and released) independently from the core. Another reason was - as you
> guessed correctly - that the size of the core was too big (e.g.
> phpmyadmin is solely 10MB)."
> 

Fair enough - just threw me a bit when it suddenly disappeared :)


Cate