[TYPO3-core] Merge module 'configuration' with 'reports' ?

[Christian Kuhn]

Hey there,

Jigal recently did a nifty patch [1] to check for 'old' XCLASS 
registrations (those in $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['XCLASS'] that are 
deprecated with 6.0) in the reports module.

Next, he pushed a patch [2] to the configuration module (main module 
item that shows content of $GLOBALS arrays) to also show all xclasses 
registered the 'new' way (via an ext_autoload entry).

The problem is, that the configuration module does not really fit: It is 
constructed to show content of global arrays, but not to show 
configuration things that are located elsewhere.

Thus, I proposed to add a new submodule to the reports module to show 
the registered xclasses. Currently, the reports module comes with a 
'Status report' and a 'Installed Services' tab. It seems logical to me, 
to add a 'Registered XCLASS' tab there.

And if we do this, the next step is to move the 'Configuration' module 
to a reports tab called 'global variable status' or something like that. 
This would reduce the main module by one entry and centralize all 
'reporting and system analysis'. What do you think?


Regards
Christian


[1] https://review.typo3.org/#/c/12140/
[2] https://review.typo3.org/#/c/12155/