[TYPO3-project-4-3] Is it time to ship optimized TYPO3 by default?

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

Some time ago I made an attempt to create and have optimal TYPO3
configuration as TYPO3 default configuration. Unfortunately this was
turned down [1].

My idea is simple. Each request to Backend uses huge amount of HTTP
requests (over 70 according to [2]). By default MSIE is configured
to have only 2 requests per server at one time. So Backend is slowed
down for unnecessary reason.

Fortunately a very simple measure can improve the situation
dramatically. There are certain _.htaccess files in the core. If
they are renamed to .htaccess, browsers will cache all CSS, JS and
static image files for 7 days. This will decrease number of requests
significally. Anyone can try it and see effects immediately (do not
try on localhost though, because there is no network delay on
localhost).

Unfortunately my proposal was turned down because ~some~
installation can have mod_expires or AllowOverride disabled. Due to
some these installations the rest of the world gets suboptimal slow
version of TYPO3 and have no idea that they can have much better
speed and much less traffic.

I propose to reverse the situation. Let the minors care and remove
.htaccess if they want to have their suboptimal configuration. Let
the rest of the world enjoy high speed TYPO3.

What needs to be done? Fix [3] and [2], add a line to NEWS.txt about
it. That's all.

I think it is time to ship TYPO3 core optimized for performance.

[1] http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=4962
[2] http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=9427
[3] http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=9728

-- 
Dmitry Dulepov
TYPO3 translations support
My TYPO3 book: http://www.packtpub.com/typo3-extension-development/book
In the blog:
http://typo3bloke.net/post-details/max_os_x_use_php_help_in_chm_format/