[TYPO3-core] RFC: Various enhancements to update wizard

[Michael Stucki]

REMINDER.

How to test:
Unset the compat_version in localconf.php and enter the update wizard in the 
Install Tool.

- Try updating for the first time (changes directly to 4.2 because this i
  the current branch)
- Try switching back to version 4.0
- And now, go back to the latest version (4.2) again. This time, only one
  change (the address feature) should be displayed.

Michael Stucki wrote:

> This is a SVN patch request.
> 
> Problem:
> The update wizard is still pretty hard to understand, both as a coder, and
> as a user.
> 
> Last week Masi made a change which depends on the update wizard, but
> nobody of us knew where and how to put that change on the list.
> 
> Solution:
> I made various changes to the update wizard:
> 
> - Separate entries in cms/ext_localconf.php to make things easier to
>   understand
> 
> - Change label of the "next" button depending if we're going to up- or
>   downgrade. Easier to understand once again.
> 
> - Replaced some <b> with <strong> tags, changed some more formatting
> 
> - Change getUserInput() method, there's now just a selector where users
> can
>   downgrade the behaviour of this system.
> 
> - Removed all str_replace(chr(10), '<br />', $input) occurences. From now
> on,
>   the definition in ext_localconf.php must contain all formatting.
> 
> - Add a new method showChangesNeeded_short() which prints the titles
> (newly
>   introduced) of all missing features.
> 
> - Renamed the two array keys which are used as labels (afaik keys may
> contain
>   whitespaces, and since the key is not used for anything but the label,
>   this should be fine)
> 
> - !!! Never cache any extension scripts (ext_tables.php and
> ext_localconf.php)
>       while using the Install Tool. Doesn't seem to cause any problems,
>       but seems to avoid various problems while testing this... Might
>       likely solve some other problems (e.g. when having broken
>       temp_CACHED_* files)...
> 
> - Finally, add Masis allow-address-tags condition to the list of features.
> 
> 
> How to test:
> Unset the compat_version in localconf.php and enter the update wizard in
> the Install Tool.
> 
> - Try updating for the first time (changes directly to 4.2 because this is
> the
>   current branch)
> - Try switching back to version 4.0
> - And now, go back to the latest version (4.2) again. This time, only one
>   change (the address feature) should be displayed.
> 
> 
> Comments:
> I would like to get some feedback about this from a typical user who has
> to use this feature. So if you are reading this, please test the patch and
> reply to me directly.
> 
> 
> Branches:
> Trunk only
> 
> - michael

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