[TYPO3-dev] Are performance improvements part of maintaince releases?

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Steffen Ritter wrote: on 24.06.2009 09:38:
> (...)
> So what?
> We need a third possibility.
> 
> What might this be... To me this is an ugly solution, but it might be
> the only way out...
> 
> We'll release 4.2.7 *WITHOUT* performance improovements.
> Right beneath the sources we offer a second archive, containing the
> patched classes to extract, so that all users without knowledge about
> patching might benefit. We should add a text like "These additions can
> boost your system by xy%, it is well tested, considered worth to be
> published, but since there is no garantuee that nothing may break in
> special cases, use it with caution"
> 
> And afterwords refer to a, the discussion b, a page which sums up point
> of both sides to make clear interested users why this is handled in this
> way...

The idea was already considered, but not by having "patched classes" to
be downloaded, but having an extension that XCLASSes those classes with
the patched code (i.e. typo3_42_speed). Very simple and "everybody" can
be happy with that in my eyes.

Cheers,
Ernesto