[TYPO3-ect] [TYPO3-extension-coordination] Quickstart and testsite packages for TYPO3 4.0

[Jeff Segars]

Hey Kasper,
>> 1)  Is it possible to automatically set the required extensions for a
>> particular package?  I would assume this could be done fairly easily for
>> frontend plugins and stuff but it may not be feasible for extensions
>> that are not tied to a content element.
> 
> Could be done. But we should find a general way to specify how content in 
> records could indicate dependency on an extension (otherwise we would have to 
> make a hardcoded check of the field in tt_content holding the pointer to the 
> plugin!

Hmm...for the purposes of these packages, it's not that big of a deal to 
manually select which extensions are required.  It would be a cool 
feature to have, but it doesn't sound like the easiest addition.

>> 2)  Is the Import Wizard interface too complicated for someone who has
>> never used TYPO3 before?  There are a lot of options there, and things
>> like allowing writing of banned file extensions (php) must be set for an
>> imported package to work properly.  Is it worthwhile to have some
>> simplified interface where a first timer can import the package that
>> they want?
> 
> I guess we should convert it to a wizard. However, we must find someone to do 
> this. Do you think there is some quick-fixes to make it more point-n-click 
> for this particular application of the tool?

Do you think Michael's suggestion of a small animation would be a good 
enough short term fix?

At Web-Empowered Church, we're using the Import/Export Wizard to deliver 
templates so a more simplified interface would be a very helpful thing 
for us.  I just don't know that we'll have time to work on it before 4.0....

Thanks,
Jeff