[TYPO3-core] RFC #16493: Editable FlexForms require a possibility to update group access lists within update wizard

[Kai Vogel]

 Hi Jeff,

 Thank you for your fast review and improvements.

 Best regards
-- 
 Kai Vogel


 On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:45:59 -0600, Jeff Segars 
 <jsegars at alumni.rice.edu> wrote:
> On 11/21/10 5:09 AM, Kai Vogel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> this is a SVN patch request.
>>
>> Type: feature
>>
>> Branch: trunk
>>
>> BT reference:
>> http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=16493
>>
>> Problem:
>> The new feature of editable FlexForm fields (#16334) requires an 
>> option
>> in update wizard which allows the user to add new FlexForm fields to 
>> the
>> "Allowed excludefields" of all Backend groups. This is required 
>> because
>> all FlexForm fields which already use the exclude tag
>> (<exclude>1</exclude>) are hidden by default for editors of a group 
>> with
>> activated access list. (More infos about editable FlexForm fields:
>> http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=16334)
>>
>> Solution:
>> This patch adds a new option with name "addFlexformsToAcl" to the 
>> end of
>> the update wizard in Install Tool. If a user runs this update all 
>> groups
>> will be checked whether they are allowed to list or modify the 
>> content
>> table (default: tt_content). If so, all missing FlexForm fields will 
>> be
>> added to the access list.
>> Note: The patch in this email is newer then the one I've sent in 
>> reply
>> to another RFC. It has a small modification which will not edit 
>> access
>> lists where at least one FlexForm field is selected. This will keep 
>> an
>> already made selection.
>>
>> Best regards
>
> Hey Kai,
> Thanks for taking care of this! I've attached a v2 that updates the
> class to make use of some recent updates in the core and added a diff
> between v1 and v2 for easier reviewing.
>
> +1 on reading and testing.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff