[TYPO3-core] RFC #7496: exclude for header_position, header_link

[Steffen Kamper]

"Georg Ringer" <news at ringerge.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:mailman.1.1202821844.10570.typo3-team-core at lists.netfielders.de...
> Oliver Hader wrote:
>> Hm, but Kasper is right at http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=482
>> If a TYPO3 installation gets upgraded and these fields were used before, 
>> it's some work for the admin to re-enable it in the usergroups. But this 
>> e.g. could be solved by a compat_mode part and/or a script in the update 
>> wizard.
>
> Sorry for being sarcastic but If there is an upgrade to 4.2. every website 
> is *really* *broken* if there is PHP < 5.x, every editor will be kind of 
> disturbed if a doktype is missing now, the checkboxes underneath the 
> bodytext are hidden now, ... so there are always changes with a new 
> version
>
>
>> The change is only two lines but modifies behaviour compared to older 
>> releases. Thus, I look at this as a feature.
>
> it just modifies the behaviour if the admin doesn't adopt anything
>
> Georg

sry, but sarcasm helps noone.
This is the reason for compat mode, and every new function that is 
incompatible to before use the compat mode, thats life.

vg  Steffen