[TYPO3-core] RFC: #9167: Feature: Mark extension as write protected

[Benjamin Mack]

Hey team,

back from vacation, ready to get some TYPO3 (and DAM in the next days) 
work done :)

The $lockType option is to lock something down for just a specific 
installation, meaning f.e. that the "lang" extension (having lockType = 
"S") can only be installed as a system extension, or at least, that's my 
understanding of the option. I guess it was used so I could have a 
global "tt_news" extension and the installations couldn't update the 
tt_news by installing a local "tt_news" version overriding that. Does 
this make sense (at least a bit?) ;-). btw. I never used that option on 
purpose.

Back to the new option (which is of course completely unrelated to 
lockType): I'd like to have the option named "locked" (= true) or 
"isLocked", "excludeFromUpdates", "disallowUpdates" or something like 
that, as it seems that write_protected means something more like a 
"nobody can modify the files in the extension" which you still can do 
with this option. It's more about the fact that it shouldn't be updated.

But in general: Great idea! Simple implemented! Thanks for your work 
Steffen and Dmitry!

-- 
greetings,
benni.
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