[TYPO3-ect] [TYPO3-core] Wishlist from ECT

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Joerg Schoppet wrote: on 12.02.2007 11:52:

>> "contrib" are third party libraries used by the core itself (which used
>> to be hanging around somewhere in typo3/ or other directories). This is
>> not a repository for general "third party source-code" which might be
>> used by extensions. Those still are meant to be installed as extensions.
> 
> Hi Ernesto,
> 
> ok, I mainly understand your arguments for/against a pear-folder, but ...
> 
> Why then handling prototype and script.aculo.us different? There is also
> at least one extension, which provides the necessary libraries
> (script.aculo.us). Why not raising it to a system-ext? Why not create a
> simple sys-ext for the json.php file and eliminate the contrib-folder?

That would be something I would endorse and I think you will get more
friends in the Core Team to do that than to have PEAR in "contrib/".
Moving 3rd-party stuff from core to contrib was just a first step to
clean up the mess of mixing TYPO3-Source with 3rd party source code.
Separating it makes it easier to follow upstream upgrades.

So I would propose that change in the Core List, to see if there is an
agreement that this would be the "way to go". If we have positive
feedback, we will need someone to code the changes needed for this to be
a reality.

Cheers,
Ernesto