[TYPO3-core] RFC #14679: Deprecate page and branch versioning, disable them by default

[Susanne Moog]

On 10.06.2010 00:02, Benjamin Mack wrote:
> Hey everybody,
> 
> this is a SVN patch request.
> 
> Branches: trunk only
> 
> Type: cleanup
> 
> BT reference: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=14679
> 
> Problem / Solution:
> as discussed by the new workspaces team, and approved by Kasper, I
> created a patch to disable the "old" versioning methods as only
> "element-based" versioning will be supported in the future.
> 
> Kasper already deprecated the "branch" and "pages" versioning in 4.2,
> even introduced a configuration parameter to disable them right away. We
> want to deprecate them "for real" now and disable them by default. If
> anyone still needs it, he/she/it can enable the option again. This also
> means that everyone should read the NEWS.txt when upgrading to 4.4. In
> any case, we can safely remove both versioning type options in 4.6 then,
> if we deprecate them now.
> 
> Notes:
> I'm back for the last round of fixes to get RC1 on its way in the next
> days! Let's get the last fixes in!

In general +1 by reading and testing v2 with one glitch:

The message "Versions found on page, no "Page" versioning possible"
shouldn't be displayed when page versioning is disabled anyway.

susanne