[TYPO3-core] Still "global" extensions?

Stefan Neufeind typo3.neufeind at speedpartner.de
Tue Oct 30 10:38:00 CET 2012


On 10/30/2012 10:12 AM, Stefan Geith wrote:
> 
> Am 29.10.2012 23:54, schrieb Jigal van Hemert:
>>> The question just came up whether still the functionality of "global"
>>> extensions is around.
>> [...]
>> There seem to be quite some installations in the real world which use
>> global extensions. There is no real burden in keeping that possibility.
> 
> Oh yes, please keep the functionallity of having global extensions:
> 
> - No need to install them with EM, so all is fine even with
>   the "New New" EM in 6.0, that only supports local install.
> - I use this feature heavily in many installations.
> - The directory typo3/ext could be removed from GIT and
>   the distributions: who needs it, could easily create it.
> - For development I personally use a symlink to include my
>   ext-dev-Directory to typo3/ext, so I can test my plugins with the
>   _same_ code in different TYPO3 versions and installations.

Hey,

but that brings us to the point that having it under typo3/ext might not
be really useful and that having it configurable might make sense.

The case with the "new new" EM is unfortunate as well.


Regards,
 Stefan


More information about the TYPO3-team-core mailing list