[TYPO3-project-4-3] Announcing TYPO3 4.3.0alpha3

[Ingmar Schlecht]

Thanks Olly, great work!

cheers
Ingmar


Oliver Hader schrieb:
> The TYPO3 Core Team is proud to announce the third alpha release of
> TYPO3 version 4.3. Get a short overview of the most important changes.
> 
> So, what's new in this release?
> 
> *General*
> 
> Integration of Extbase and Fluid
> 
> Extbase and Fluid are backports from FLOW3 to bring MVC and a very
> flexible templating engine to TYPO3 v4. Extbase can be used in TYPO3 4.3
> for frontend extensions only, but it's planned to support backend
> modules in TYPO3 4.4 as well. The techniques used by these two packages
> are the same as in FLOW3/TYPO3 5.0. Thus, it's possible to develop
> future-proof extensions now and easily migrate them to TYPO3 5.0 it is
> released. Having Extbase and Fluid in TYPO3 v4 is an important milestone
> in the transition to TYPO3 5.0. The extension blog_example [1] is
> available as a demonstration of how Extbase and Fluid can be used.
> Note: Since Extbase uses PHP Reflection, PHPdoc comments must be enabled
> to ensure Extbase working properly. eAccelerator must be compiled with
> "--with-eaccelerator-doc-comment-inclusion" for example. Otherwise
> eAccelerator must be disabled in order to make Extbase work.
> 
> Integration of RSA authentication service
> 
> Using public-key cryptography allows sensitive data to be transfered
> over a secure channel, even if the website does not support HTTPS. This
> feature allows password data to be stored as a salted hash value. The
> RSA authentication service can be used in the frontend and backend by
> enabling the system extension rsaauth.
> Note: The service requires either the openssl PHP extension or the
> openssl binary.
> 
> Integration of autoloading for PHP classes
> 
> With this feature, only the files that are really needed for an
> application are loaded into memory. This results in a dramatic
> performance improvement. The PHP files are looked up using a registry
> file that returns a simple array mapping PHP class names to the
> corresponding file names. The file t3lib/core_autoload.php contains all
> core related classes of t3lib and tslib. The file ext_autoload.php
> provides similar data for individual extensions. The extension
> "extdeveval" helps generate these autoload registry files automatically.
> 
> *Backend improvements*
> 
> Integration of a mass file uploader
> 
> Uploading files is now available with an optional Flash Uploader which
> shows a nice widget with information on the upload progress. It makes it
> possible to select multiple files at once. Enable the Flash Uploader by
> checking the appropriate checkbox in the User Setup, reload the backend
> and make sure that your browser has the latest version of Flash (Flash
> v9+) installed.
> 
> *Frontend improvements*
> 
> Cleaning up CSS styled content
> 
> CSS styled content was split into separate files for each compatibility
> versions of TYPO3 (3.8, 3.9, 4.2 and current). When including the static
> template of css_styled_content, a specific version must be chosen.
> 
> Image rendering and GIFBUILDER improvements
> 
> The profile data of images is now cut off by default to reduce file
> sizes. This behaviour can be modified or disabled in the install tool or
> by setting the TypoScript property "stripProfile" on IMAGE objects.
> GIFBUILDER now supports automatic line breaks by defining a maximum
> width of the element to be rendered. The new TypoScript properties are
> "breakWidth" and "breakSpace".
> 
> *Next steps to climb the TYPO3 4.3 hill*
> 
> Please test this alpha release as much as possible, especially the new
> features from the first two alpha releases and those described above! If
> you're using one of the new features in a project already and discover
> bugs, please report them immediately to http://bugs.typo3.org/ [2]!
> 
> If you're upgrading from a previous TYPO3 version, please make sure to
> execute the database analyzer and update wizard in the TYPO3 install tool.
> 
> During the next few weeks, we will release a beta version which defines
> the "feature freeze" and locks down the development of new features. In
> the beta phase we will continue with fixing bugs only before turning to
> release candidates and the final version of TYPO3 4.3. This means that
> you can expect the final version to be ready in July 2009.
> 
> For a detailed overview of the features planned for TYPO3 4.3 and their
> progress, have a look at the TYPO3 v4 Development Page [3], the
> bugtracker, and the ChangeLog. The list of pending documentation [4] in
> the wiki describes the new properties and tells how they can be used.
> 
> You can download the packages at http://typo3.org/download/packages/ [5].
> 
> MD5 checksums:
> 
> ab3d8d6d4311b33ce1db0fe193273608  dummy-4.3.0alpha3.tar.gz
> 59deeda2d5285e1922d46691830a6821  dummy-4.3.0alpha3.zip
> 47124c54b8a34a4f00e390174780bc28  typo3_src-4.3.0alpha3.tar.gz
> 0c0bea78ac580564fb1904a227262ced  typo3_src-4.3.0alpha3.zip
> 8774acde8abe834023ecbb40b05fb391  typo3_src+dummy-4.3.0alpha3.zip
> 
> 
> Rock on!
> Olly
> 
> 
> Links:
> [1] http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/blog_example/current/
> [2] http://bugs.typo3.org/
> [3] http://forge.typo3.org/wiki/typo3v4-core
> [4] http://wiki.typo3.org/Pending_Documentation
> [5] http://typo3.org/download/packages/
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