[TYPO3-core] What to do with extensions on sprint releases?

Markus Klein klein.t3 at reelworx.at
Fri Oct 17 01:35:52 CEST 2014


Hi!

As long as TER can't help us, I propose to skip the version requirement check in the EM by default.
Change the flag in the code with the release scripts.

Kind regards
Markus

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Markus Klein
TYPO3 CMS Active Contributors Team Member

> 
> Hi.
> 
> Moving this topic from slack to this list, to reach a broader audience.
> 
> Extensions have to set a requirement for TYPO3 version in order to be
> installed via Extension manager (EM).
> Now that the release cycle has changed to frequently sprint releases, we
> have to think about what that means for extension releases.
> 
> The story behind:
> If I install a new TYPO3 instance from current master and try to install the
> introduction package (introduction) via EM, it fails with the following error:
> 
> "Could not install distribution 'realurl' Your TYPO3 version is higher than this
> extension requires. It requires TYPO3 versions 4.5.0 - 6.2.999"
> 
> TER is not capable of handling multiple branches of the same extension.
> TER does not support dependencies on sprint releases yet.
> 
> Is there anything about supporting extension developers with sprint releases
> so far?
> 
> --
> cheers,
> Steffen
> 
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