[TYPO3-core] Flowplayer in TYPO3

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi Ernesto,

> Debian has the policy that all binary files shipped in main must be
> build with tools also available in main. Unfortunately there is no
> Actionscript 3 compiler in debian that can compile the flowplayer. So
> Christian has to either:
> 
> a) remove the flowplayer swf files (which will leave MEDIA semi
> functional) or
> b) move typo3 to debian/contrib (which is not available for installation
> by default) or

+1

> c) not ship typo3 in debian at all.
> 
> What is your opinion on the matter?
> 
> Some more comments:
> 
> First there is the backwards compatibility problem. TYPO3 needs to
> continue working after an upgrade. So simply "removing" it won't be
> possible in 6.2.
> 
> One potential solution would be to move the code into a separate
> (system) extension, which we could also provide through TER. Christian
> could "simply remove" the sysext before uploading to Debian, and people
> could download it again from TER.
> 
> Maybe we could even remove it from Core altogether and provide an
> Upgrade Wizard for fetching it from TER if required.
> 
> The integration of Flowplayer is somehow "tricky" and "hacky", and it
> will probably not be so easy to "split it out" into an extension.
> 
> Second problem is that the Core team currently does not maintain
> extensions in TER, and there is no policy on them. One possibility which
> we could also use in other situations would be to introduce more "Core
> maintained extensions in TER". Extensions which follow the Core
> principles (the CGL, Deprecation policy, Security Policy and handling,
> release cycles in line with TYPO3 Core release cycles etc), but could be
> released and patched more independently from the core.

I like this concept as it would allow the Core to be less bloated with
extensions that were once accepted as system extensions but are actually
not really maintained anymore.

-- 
Xavier Perseguers
Release Manager TYPO3 4.6

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