[TYPO3-ect] is it official?

[Fabien Udriot]

I understand your position and I was a bit surprised by Elmar's response 
too... But just to remind the context, it has been a *hot* debate on the 
topic these days. And maybe Elmar was a bit "overheated"

Max Beutel a écrit :
> Elmar Hinz schrieb:
>> Max Beutel wrote:
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>>> Great news.
>>>
>>> Is there any "official" source for this, maybe an announcement on
>>> typo3.org from some member of the core team?
>>
>>
>> Hi Max,
>>
>> it seems the germans still can't get rid of their history. Every second
>> question is, if something is official. Man, open source development is 
>> not
>> controlled by the government! It's done by volunteers. Below the line 
>> that
>> means, what is done is done and what not is done not is done.
>>
>> I code with PHP5 since a long time. Even souch an announcement on 
>> typo3.org
>> would alter nothing for me. Also the T3 sourcecode will not change over
>> night by itself. The work on V4 is going on step by step. We have to work
>> on V5 to get something revolutionary new. I don't understand your
>> excitement.
>>
>> There have been that many announcements that have not been worth the 
>> time to
>> read them. There have been that many valueable developments, that never
>> have been announced. The sources are the majesty.
>>
>> Have a nice weekend
>>
>> Elmar
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> I am a bit surprised by the harsh tone of your reply. The link Fabien 
> posted was all I asked for. I know that open source is nothing 
> controlled by any government or what so ever. You noticed I put official 
> in double-quotes?
> 
> Why I even dared to ask for something "official" (to mention that evil 
> word one more time)? For me it is enough when I read the news on the 
> mentioned newssite in the first post. However I plan to discuss at work 
> that we now should start to really work with PHP 5 as we are still 
> developing with PHP 4. Typo3 switching to PHP 5 could be probably the 
> best argument for this.
> However I cant tell my boss something like "hey, look at some news-page 
> no one knows, they say Typo3 switches to PHP 5, lets do the same! They 
> didnt link any sources and didnt mention any core developer who said the 
> switch is going to happen, but anyway.". I was in need of a more 
> reliable source. That was all.
> 
> Great that you code in PHP 5 a long time, my sincere congratulations. I 
> would like to do the same, but at work I cant because on our client 
> server still runs PHP 4.
> 
> If I am in need of another lesson of German history that we, as it 
> seems, cant get rid of or another lesson in advanced source 
> code/announcement philosophy I´ll ask "his majesty" Elmar.
> 
> I wish you all the best for your weekend, my dear.
>