[TYPO3-core] RFC: #7982: Rename TYPO3 to TYPO4 and change all libraries accordingly

[Michael Stucki]

Thanks Helmut for your wise words. I'm sorry about your hard-disk, I forgot
to mention the "-dry-run" parameter which avoids such unexpected problems.

Sincerely
- michael

Helmut Hummel wrote:

> Michael Stucki wrote:
>> 
>> Problem:
>> Many people confuse TYPO3 version 4.0 and later and speak of it as TYPO4.
>> To accommodate these people and make their lives easier we should rename
>> TYPO3 versions released since 4.0 to TYPO4.
>> 
>> The new versions are thus TYPO4 1.0 (TYPO3 4.0), TYPO4 2.0 (TYPO3 4.1),
>> and TYPO4 3.0 (TYPO3 4.2).
> 
> this is nuts!!!
> 
>> Comments:
>> Some notes on compatibility: I don't care much about it since extensions
>> can easily be adopted with a simple shell script (attached).
> 
> you people are crazy! It took me five hours to update all my extensions,
> but nothing worked after that! In addition the attached shellscript wiped
> my harddisc and all may backups are not usable any more!!!
> 
> If this change is going into core, I will not use TYPO3, TYPO4 (or
> whatever you name this lazy product) any more. Instead I will code my own
> CMS in the next few days and sell it as closed source, so that I will make
> much money and keep all fame for myself instead of sharing anything!!!!!
> 
> so long
> Helmut

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