[TYPO3-dev] New icons to the core or to t3skin?

[JoH asenau]

>> You did not understand the question :) Let me ask it differently.
>> *Why* do they have to be generated? :)
> Because every extension / skin / new record-type adds new icons to the
> TYPO3 Backend. That's why there HAS to be a system which automatically
> generates ONE sprite for the current backend.
> It's like cache cleaning on extension install and rebuilding the temp
> files afterwards.
> After development the images won't change often do they? They just
> need to generate once a month or so. A load of some ms. Whats this
> against 1 Request for an icon against hundreds (on a list view for
> example with many different records?

So this is proving the "will slow down the system and kill performance"
argument wrong.
In fact it will increase the "overall working performance" (which is not
just about code execution times) because extension developers won't have to
take care about providing handmade sprites to change just one icon.

And if one doesn't want sprite generation, what about having a default
handmade sprite and a switch to disable automatic generation?

<irony>If people can work with TV without complaining about performance
problems, the surely will accept sprites generated once a day or so</irony>

Cheers

Joey

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