[TYPO3-dev] Removing symlinks in V 4.0

[Kasper Skårhøj]

I suggest this thread is stopped now.

TECHNICALLY:
It has already been decided on the core list that the symlinks _are  
made obsolete_ meaning that TYPO3 will function without them.

As a transitional phase it will be easy to provide them during the  
lifetime of 4.0 meaning that this "late change" doesn't have to break  
installations at all. For all developers it will be highly  
recommended to work without them - in order to prepare their  
extensions for a future without symlinks in the core.

Effectively this means no risk and maximum of time (namely the time  
between 4.0 and 4.5) to migrate.


DISCUSSION:
Discussions get heated sometimes and we survive. In this case I would  
like to defend Elmar on at least one objection: As I have understood  
Elmars role in this community it is not so much writing code than it  
is distilling thoughts into structures [Elmar leads the ECT  
initiative with great enthusiasms]. That is a sort of leadership we  
will need in the future and haven't had too much until now.
It is true that I have challenged Dan Frost et al. with that they  
should provide code to support their ideas. Why doesn't Elmar have to  
do that same time? Well, obviously because the output from Elmar is  
organization and structures defined on paper while the output from a  
developer like Dan is code. In my view.

This is not to say that the thread was fruitful because I think it  
wasn't really.



Have a beautiful week everyone. Spring is coming to Denmark, I can  
smell it!

;- )

- kasper