[Typo3-shop] to ranz - general question on compatibility

[Franz Holzinger]

Hello Rainer,

> reading the manual, the following is very interesting:
> 
> "pageAsCategory:
> If you want to stay compatible in the future, you must set (or leave it 
> blank) $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['EXTCONF']['tt_products']['pageAsCategory'] = 0
> However this is not recommended for bigger shops and when you want to use 
> the zk_products enhancements. So you should set this to 1, and then the 
> pages will be used instead of categories giving you a lot of advantages."
> 
> does this mean that you introduced a featureset (the whole zk_products 
> enhancements) without supporting it in future versions? otherwise your 
> general advice would make abolutely no sense: "yes, zk_products has been 
> merged but don't use its features to stay compatible with future versions!"
> 

it is most important to stay compatible with the tt_products 1.2.7 
version. Compatibility to zk_products 1.3.2 will be done as much as 
possible. But tt_products 2.0.2 is not fully 100% compatible to 
zk_products 1.3.2.
I did not have the time to test if the zk_products enhancements rely on 
the concept of pages on categories. Probably they do not. If anyone has 
tested this some features I will move the corresponding items in the 
manual off the zk_products part to the general description.


Franz