[TYPO3-ect] Dogma

[Elmar HInz]

Am Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:29:33 +0100 schrieb Daniel Brüßler:

> Hello Elmar,
> 
> I like the idea very much to add "_newstuff" or "_addon_newstuff" as
> extension to an extension. That looks like a file-path. ;-)
> 

Absolutely right. Like PEAR classnames they define a filepath.

Example: 
========

   tx_efaq_addons_rss

As independend addon it would be located in:

   ext/efaq_addons_rss/class.tx_efaq_addons_rss.php

If incorporated into the efaq extension it would be located in:

   ext/efaq/addons/class.tx_efaq_addons_rss.php

This shows the central idea of the system: 
==========================================

 1.) The user is free to contribute addons without the need to contact the
   extension the author.
 2.) The extension author is free to incorporate addons he likes into his
   extension easily.
 3.) By using a defined pattern for the addon pathes we are able to write
   a wizard for to incorperate addons into extensions.

Now we get more order into TER:
===============================

Currently we have a NO-structure like this:

  xx_news
  xx_newsplus           (feature)
  xx_newsplusplus       (patch for feature)
  yy_news               (combination of all xx_news ... ) 
  yy_newsplus           (...)
  yy_newsplusplus       (...)
  (...)
  xx_calendar           (...)
  (...)
  xx_downloads          (...)	
  (....)
  (x thousand feature dublicating extensions)  

Now we gain a hierarchie. A hierarchy gives us all advantages of
tree navigation. Instead of a large list we get a tree that is
autorganizing.

  news 
     addon1
     addon2
     addon3
  calendar
     addon1
     addon2
     addon3
  downloads
     addon1
     addon2
     addon3

Because anybody can combine features in form of extension addons we don't
need the hundreds of extensions of the type 

"allButOnlyTheNewsFeaturesIneededCombinedAndNeverMaintained"


> 
> What about "TNT"? Maybe something with "TYPO3 Network T." (what more
> words than Tree starts with T?)
> 

TNT soonds cool.

> Extension Collaboration System (ECS) has a great name - because this
> talks about sharing and colaborating with others.
> 
 
Regards

Elmar