[TYPO3-dev] EXT Extension uploader (extension_uploader) - no upload to TER

[Christian Zenker]

Hi Xavier.

> so why would you allow people to allow a fix for, say TYPO3 4.2?

It's not about that - I have to admit this is not an issue *yet*. But once  
the TYPO3 4 branch will officially be no longer supported in a year the  
cut will be a lot larger.

> [extension authors] should take the opportunity to publish a fix for an
> official version of TYPO3.

Well in an ideal world this might work. Then everyone would have migrated  
their TYPO3 4.x projects to 6.2. But reality shows that this is usually  
not the case.

Let's take an example:
In one year, why would you expect anyone to make DAM compatible with TYPO3  
6.0 just so that a small bugfix for an officially(!) no longer supported  
TYPO3 version can be delivered?

An extension author would either complain and annoy some people or - even  
worse - just set the supported TYPO3 version to 6.2 without testing just  
that he is able to ship a bugfixed version.


Just to emphasize: This is not about what extensions are displayed. This  
is only about what extensions can be uploaded!
Still, you would not see extensions in TER that only work on the version 4  
branch after TYPO3 6.2 has been released. And still the Extension Manager  
will only show extensions that are supposed to run with your installation.


> We don't want extension authors to upload new versions that are still
> deprecated

The extensions are not deprecated. The TYPO3 Core version is. And this is  
an important difference. You can't decide that an extension author is no  
longer "allowed" to support his own extension just because the CMS isn't.

Best regards.
Christian.