[TYPO3-4-3] Sorting of mounts

[Steffen Kamper]

Hi,

Martin Kutschker schrieb:
> Steffen Kamper schrieb:
>> Hi,
>>
>> i'm going to fix the sorting of mounts displayed in pagetree/filetree
>> for an editor
>>
>> Filemounts
>> =================
>> this is ths actual sorting:
>> mounts are displayed for each group as they are assigned to the user.
>>
>> should be:
>> all accumulated mounts should be sorted alphabetic
> 
> symlinks should be resolved and duplicates be removed.
>

filemounts are displayed by label, so i see no problem having symlinks 
behind.

> IMHO file mounts within other file mounts should be removed from the list of file mounts. But that
> could be a user TS option.
> 

this is wrong by design. I don't see a good point to check that, may be 
in the TCEFORM of user/-group when adding filemounts, then we need a new 
kind of validation or a userfunc.

>> should be:
>> all accumulated mounts should be sorted chronologic, means: latest
>> vreated pages should be displayed at the bottom of the list. So the
>> order never change when new pages/mounts are added later, they will
>> added at the end of the list.
> 
> I see the reasoning behind this, that's not always useful. Think of a project where branches are
> created at arbitrary time *before* the actual launch. The chronological ordering would be completely
> useless (unless you change the timestamp via SQL).
>

see my other post. If user see the mounts for the first time it doesn't 
matter which order he will see. The problem starts if mounts are added 
later.

> The only non-surprising automatic ordering is alphabetical. But I agree that this is sometimes also
> not desired.

same as above. Depends also on how it's communicated. At the university 
all pids are displayed in page tree and pid will be communicated. Page 
title - there are possible same titles for different mounts which also 
makes it difficult.
> 
> I have given thought to that problem last year, but couldn't come up with a reasonable method of
> sorting.
> 

that's why i'm asking. I'm open for useful sortings and will use them 
for configuration. I only show the problems we have in the workflow with 
a real big site.

vg Steffen