[TYPO3-typo3org] [TYPO3-dev] TER, typo3.org, everything went FUBAR!!! :))

[Karsten Dambekalns]

Hi.

Ernesto Baschny [cron IT] wrote:
> My question is why the "Ext.Manager" that we see in the backend is in
> "mod/tools/em" instead of being an extension in "typo3/sysext/em" like
> every other TYPO3 functionality? I thought "mod/tools/*" was deprecated.

Because... it seemed too much work and too little gain in comparison. Making
the extension manager manage itself is more work than one might think.

There will be more cleanup and enhancements in the future, and eventually it
might become an extension itself (at least partly), but I doubt that. :)

Karsten