[TYPO3-core] RFC: removing symlinks

[Kasper Skårhøj]

My opinion after reading the thread:

- Generally, yes, good idea
- Tarball: I don't need it, I trust that it works if you say so
- NOTHING gets committed before a summary of exactly which files are  
(re)moved and to which locations is published here and agreed upon.
- tslib/ clearly stays in cms/ extension
- as few _scripts_ as possible should move positions for versioning- 
reasons. Images (like gfx/) are not critical in this case.



- kasper

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On Feb 10, 2006, at 12:35 , René Fritz wrote:

> This is just for discussion.
>
> For a long time the usage of symlinks was discussed and I think a  
> version
> number 4.0 might be the right time to remove them. In fact they are  
> not
> really needed.
>
> I started removing t3lib symlink from the typo3/ folder.
>
> in init.php I changed:
>
> define('PATH_t3lib', PATH_typo3.'t3lib/');
>
> to:
>
> $temp_path_t3lib = @is_dir(PATH_site.'t3lib/') ? PATH_site.'t3lib/' :
> PATH_typo3.'t3lib/'; // if there's only a t3lib folder in typo3/  
> (backend
> only)
> define('PATH_t3lib', $temp_path_t3lib);
>
> The surprise, all seems to work well.
>
> Of course the images in the backend disapper. Moving t3lib/gfx/ to  
> typo3/gfx/
> solve this problem. Images in gfx are BE icons anyway for 99%.
>
> Searching in the sourcecode find 64 places where t3lib/gfx/ is used  
> hardcoded.
> Most of them can be changed without problem to gfx/.
>
> In TS gfx/flags/ and gfx/fileicons/ are used.
> flags are in tslib/media/flags/ anyway. We could make a copy of the  
> fileicons
> too.
>
> the gfx/ol/ (plus/minus for pagetree) might be moved to t3lib  
> because they are
> related to t3lib_treeview.
>
> Downside:
> I guess a few extensions will be broken, but only because they  
> don't use
> PATH_t3lib or reference icons with t3lib.
>
>
> I haven't tested yet FE editing and removing tslib symlink.
>
> What do you think?
>
> René
>
>
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> René Fritz
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