[TYPO3-core] CMS Configuration

[Bernhard Kraft]

Hello fellow developers,

For some time I am fond of the idea to have a TYPO3 configuration 
application similar like the Linux kernel "menuconfig". If you have newer 
compiled a Linux kernel optimized for your hardware simply download a 
Linux kernel, extract it to /usr/src/ switch to this directory and do a
"make menuconfig"

In this interface you can decide whether to compile every thinkable 
feature of the kernel. Either monolitically or as a module (which 
compares to TYPO3 extensions). I guess features like workspaces, 
versioning, DAM, etc. all take up resources - altough they are invaluable 
important to many companies which use TYPO3 as an enterprise CMS.

You will surely have noticed that Linux runs on cloud servers having 
uncountable numbers of cores and nodes. It runs on machines rendering the 
most recent cinema movies but also (probably on your own) little WLAN 
router down there behind your desk. It can have a footprint of a full 5MB 
monolithic kernel with ever< module compiled in while the same source  
can also be compiled to some neat mini few-hundred kilobyte kernel 
rocking some router hardware eating up not more than 5 Watts of energy. 
Even less then hazardous energy saving bulb <quote>and it remains unclear 
what the health risks are from short-term exposure to low levels of 
elemental mercury [1]</quote>.

I guess this is the solution to a problem which Microsoft did never 
really cope with: Ever version of Windows required more and more 
resources - altough one could simply disable most of those graphical 
gimmick features like animated moving windows, etc.

So the idea would be to have a compilation script which allows to 
automatically shrink down TYPO3 core to only the required features. But 
as with any solution there is also a drawback: By having multiple 
variants of the same core file memory consumption rises again. But this 
would only be true for servers with multiple differently configured TYPO3 
instances. Not for a dedicated machine.


greetings,
Bernhard

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Compact_fluorescent_lamp#Environmental_impact