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

[Christian Zabanski]

Hello everyone,

everythings boiling down to the 11th and 12th of June.

Please contact me for the Details and update your status in doodle if
anything changes.

Looking foward to see those of you who can make it in Frankfurt!

Best, Chris


Am 09.05.13 13:16, schrieb Thorsten Kahler:
> 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
>