[TYPO3-core] RFC #9284: Feature: tt_content.starttime/endtime have now effect on caching

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Francois Suter wrote: on 28.11.2008 12:56:
>> I now added a function for changing the cacheExpires Timestamp.
> 
> I tested this version of the patch. To sum up the discussion up to now,
> the original patch proposed by Martin raised a lot of questions, so
> Martin finally went for a minimal version which just introduces a method
> in tslib_fe that can be called to set a cache expiry timestamp from, for
> example, inside an extension.
> 
> I tested that with a dummy extension I quickly patched together to
> display some records from tt_news table and was able to set an expiry
> date for the cache corresponding to the next tt_news item starttime in
> the future.
> 
> So I think this is a worthwhile addition and am +1 after reading and
> testing. I found a couple of problems in Martin's patch so I'm attaching
> here a corrected version. I must add that it works flawlessly with the
> new caching framework.

Cool, Francois. Could you please attach your test-extension to the bug
tracker? This might encourage others to try it out and understand the
new feature.

Cheers,
Ernesto