[TYPO3-hci] Extension Manager - Usability

[Steffen Kamper]

"Ingo Renner" <ingo at typo3.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:mailman.1.1210854188.26320.typo3-team-hci at lists.netfielders.de...
> Dmitry Dulepov [typo3] wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Benjamin Mack wrote:
>>> * Get the Installer 2.0 going again and integrate the EM in this awesome 
>>> framework afterwards.
>>
>> I do not think it should be done. Often at client you have no access to 
>> Installer but you still have access to EM to install extensions. Very 
>> common use case...
>
> true, but maybe the installer should be able to request the EM to download 
> (in the background) some extension at least.
> Scenario: we do some non backwardscompatible change in the core and create 
> some compatability extension in the TER which is only needed by old 
> installations, but not for new installations.
>
> Now when updating a system the Installer could ask the EM to download that 
> extension...
>
> just some slidly off topic thoughts
> Ingo
>
> -- 
> Ingo Renner
> TYPO3 Core Developer, Release Manager TYPO3 4.2

good idea - installing extensions in "quite" mode. That could also used in 
EM with denpedent extensions, like a chekbox "install all"

vg Steffen