[TYPO3-core] Workspaces and versioning - the next step

[Anja Leichsenring]

Hi there,

I appreciate the campaign and like to attend, but can only be there on 
the first given date, May, 30th + 31st.

All the best and thanks for pushing in this area.
Anja

On 05/09/2013 01:16 PM, Thorsten Kahler wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> after an eventful year spent in a large TYPO3 (Extbase) project at dkd
> featuring workspaces we have encountered, patched and reported a number
> of bugs.
>
> Right now we face two problems:
>
> First: The review-process for the reports seems, more or less, stuck.
>
> Second: A few other patches have been reported that imply different
> ideas about the whole workspace and versioning complex.
>
> This gets even more important to us, as we face the challenge to get
> versioning and workspaces working in a multilanguage environment. The
> number of open issues is pretty impressive...
>
> We have come to the conclusion that doing all of this on our own is not
> the best way for us or TYPO3. Oh - and this way is seriously lacking fun.
>
> We propose a code sprint to tackle the whole complex. As a prerequisite
> to the actual bugfixing we feel the need to discuss the underlying
> concepts and possible solutions. Therefore a conceptional meeting for
> two days should precede the code sprint. (Bug fixing can start as soon
> as concept, documentation, working mode etc. are fixated.)
>
> dkd will provide:
>
> * space
> * infrastructure
> * food
> * hotel-costs and travel-expenses up to 150 EUR / day and participant
>
> Oh yes and (unlimited) coffee.
>
> Targets:
>
> * a concept for the required data structures and processes
> * concepts for related topics (Extbase, l10n)
> * improved documentation
> * common test cases
> * automated testing (feasibility?)
>
>
> We suggest following dates for the first meeting in Frankfurt/Main:
> * May, 30th + 31st (Thu + Fri)
> * June, 11th + 12th (Tue + Wed)
>
>
> Please let us know your thought on this approach and if you're
> interested to participate.
>
> For organisational questions please contact Chris Zabanski
> (chris.zabanski at dkd.de) because I'll be offline for some time during the
> next two weeks.
>
> Cheers,
> Thorsten
>