[TYPO3-core] RFC #14719: Automatically create ENABLE_INSTALL_TOOL file when 1-2-3 Install Tool is used

[François Suter]

Hi,

>> What about what Ingo says in his mail about Jeff's solution? Can others please
>> >  look into this as well and +1 or make a practical contribution? We need a
>> >  solution!! It would endanger all the work there has been done on the
>> >  Introduction Package. We need a usable solutiuon for first time users. The
>> >  current state is that first time users get presented with "Install Tool is
>> >  Locked" warning which is almost as bad as "No Template Found"
>
> As I mentioned, I don't agree with this drastic point of view.
> A first time user who isn't able to create a file, will not be able to
> do any thing usefull with TYPO3 imho.

I must say that I understand Ben's point of view. The whole point of the 
Introduction Package is to have a first install that's as smooth as 
possible.

I would see two middle ways (I haven't followed the whole thread, so I 
may stuff that's already been said, sorry if that's the case):

1) there have been mentions of a FIRST_INSTALL file. This could very 
well exist only in the Introduction Package and not in the source 
archive, nor the normal dummy.

2) a very simple improvement would be to just change that "install tool 
locked" message to make it nicer to users. It could politely request for 
the ENABLE_INSTALL_TOOL file to be created and explain that this is a 
basic but important security measure.

Cheers

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Francois Suter
Cobweb Development Sarl - http://www.cobweb.ch