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

[Patrick Gaumond]

Dmitry Dulepov wrote:

> Martin Kutschker wrote:
>> I disagree - but you know that alreay ;-). We should ship versions that
>> work out of the box.
> 
> I know some installations without GD and JSON. Your proposal can be
> hardly be fulfilled :) TYPO3 will never run on any possible
> installation.
> 
> TYPO3 is the enterprise level CMS. Its enterprise level requires
> certain configuration. If one company cannot afford good
> configuration, TYPO3 is a wrong tool for such company. This company
> should use phpNuke or other entry level software instead. Seriously,
> I do not understand why the rest of the world should be harmed by
> companies who cannot afford proper configuration to run their chosen
> CMS? If they cannot afford it, why it should be our problem? We want
> fast TYPO3 by default! It is not really fare to ask 99% of users to
> make the same change straight after installation to make performance
> better :)


And we're back to the old question of easiness vs. enterprise I raise 
once a year... ;)

Back in the old days the "ready-to-run factor" was something that I was 
looking a lot for TYPO3 acceptance and getting new dev blood. Call it 
"attractiveness" if you wish.

Today (for me), almost 5 years later, I think TYPO3 had made itself a 
name as an "Enterprise CMS" (even without workflow and documents/files 
versionning missing...).

We don't need to please 10$/month basement-developers anymore. People 
willing to use TYPO3 must be aware that software pretending being 
enterprise level are not toys that you can learn in a week. Is there 
still people pretending knowing Java by using "Learning Java in 24 hours" ?

I don't think TYPO3 as a product wants or needs to attract hobbyists 
anymore.

Am I becoming "elitist" ? Maybe. Or I'm simply acknowledging the fact 
that we should concentrate on quality and performance over crappy 
hosters... or integrators.

Patrick