TYPO3 4.5 – Long Term Support
                                 2.10.2010




   Steffen Kamper <steffen@typo3.org>
   Ernesto Baschny <ernesto@typo3.org>



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Overview
  • The Team

  • Goals

  • Roadmap, Current Standing

  • Status of Projects




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Release Team
  • Release Manager Ernesto Baschny
     •   Manager of cron IT GmbH

     •   TYPO3 since 2003, Core Team Member since 2005

  • Technical Leader Steffen Kamper
     •   Jazz pianist and freelance programmer

     •   TYPO3 since 2006, Core Team Member since 2008




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Release Team Supporter
  • Oliver Hader
     •   Core Team Leader

  • Benjamin Mack
     •   Release Manager for 4.4

  • Ben van't Ende
     •   Community Manager



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Goals in 4.5
  • Umbrella Goal: Long Term Support (LTS)

  • Enterprise Focused

  • Streamline Usability

  • Compatible with Internet Explorer 6

  • Modern Components: Create, Use, Refine APIs

  • Stable and fully backward compatible


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Release Cycles
with
Long Term
Support




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Roadmap for 4.5

                                   today           4.5.0 beta1                           4.5.0




     Feature Development                                              Bug fixing                  Maintainance

                  alpha1       alpha2       alpha3               beta2    beta3    rc1


                                Code Sprint in Stuttgart



     July                  September                       November                 January



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Code Sprint, Stuttgart
  • October, 14th to 17th

  • 50 invited active contributors

  • Finishing team tasks

  • Getting things done before feature freeze (November, 10th)




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Status of Projects




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Streamlining the User Interface
  • Page Tree and Context Menus API (Stefan Galinski, Susanne Moog)                   50%

  • Viewport for the Backend                                                          90%

  • ExtJS based modules menu                                                          70%

  • Grid view for page module (Thomas Hempel, Jo Hasenau)                             60%

  • Modern extension manager (Steffen Kamper)                                         60%

  • Install tool enhancements (Patrick Broens)                             in progress


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Backend of 4.5 alpha2




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The Fastest TYPO3 ever
  • Frontend performance (Rupert Germann)                                    pending

  • Improvements of caching framework (Christian Kuhn)                   in progress

  • Performance of Extbase (Jochen Rau)                                  in progress

  • Performance improvements for DBAL (Xavier Perseguers)                           60%

  • More Indexed Search speed improvements (Dmitry Dulepov)              in progress




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TYPO3: the Enterprise CMS
  • Workspaces improvements (Sonja Scholz and Workspaces Team)                     75%

  • UTF-8 by default (Michael Stucki)                                              90%

  • Backend XHTML conformance / cleanup (Jo Hasenau)                    in progress

  • DBAL: Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL (Xavier Perseguers)                 in progress

  • Lightbox: Easy integration (Susanne Moog)                                      100%

  • Get rid of all inline styles (Ernesto Baschny)                          pending


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Screenshot: Workspaces




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Using and creating modern APIs
  • TypoScript Improvements, Features and Speed (Jo Hasenau, Steffen Kamper) 40%
  • Extbase / Fluid Enhancements (Jochen Rau, Extbase Team)                                 50%
  • Modern Mail API (Ernesto Baschny)                                                       30%
  • Editor for the backend with syntax highlighting (Tobias Liebig)                         50%
  • Maintanence tasks through the scheduler (Christian Kuhn)                         pending
  • Reports module improvements (Ingo Renner)                                               50%
  • File abstraction layer ("lightweight DAM") (Andreas Wolf)                    in progress

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Participate!

  • You can help! Scratch your itch and help us
  • Together we can make 4.5 the best release ever
  • http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v45-projects




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TYPO3 4.5 LTS Status Report T3CON10

  • 1.
    TYPO3 4.5 –Long Term Support 2.10.2010 Steffen Kamper <steffen@typo3.org> Ernesto Baschny <ernesto@typo3.org> Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 2.
    Overview •The Team • Goals • Roadmap, Current Standing • Status of Projects Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 3.
    Release Team • Release Manager Ernesto Baschny • Manager of cron IT GmbH • TYPO3 since 2003, Core Team Member since 2005 • Technical Leader Steffen Kamper • Jazz pianist and freelance programmer • TYPO3 since 2006, Core Team Member since 2008 Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 4.
    Release Team Supporter • Oliver Hader • Core Team Leader • Benjamin Mack • Release Manager for 4.4 • Ben van't Ende • Community Manager Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 5.
    Goals in 4.5 • Umbrella Goal: Long Term Support (LTS) • Enterprise Focused • Streamline Usability • Compatible with Internet Explorer 6 • Modern Components: Create, Use, Refine APIs • Stable and fully backward compatible Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 6.
    Release Cycles with Long Term Support Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 7.
    Roadmap for 4.5 today 4.5.0 beta1 4.5.0 Feature Development Bug fixing Maintainance alpha1 alpha2 alpha3 beta2 beta3 rc1 Code Sprint in Stuttgart July September November January Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 8.
    Code Sprint, Stuttgart • October, 14th to 17th • 50 invited active contributors • Finishing team tasks • Getting things done before feature freeze (November, 10th) Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 9.
    Status of Projects Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 10.
    Streamlining the UserInterface • Page Tree and Context Menus API (Stefan Galinski, Susanne Moog) 50% • Viewport for the Backend 90% • ExtJS based modules menu 70% • Grid view for page module (Thomas Hempel, Jo Hasenau) 60% • Modern extension manager (Steffen Kamper) 60% • Install tool enhancements (Patrick Broens) in progress Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 11.
    Backend of 4.5alpha2 Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 12.
    The Fastest TYPO3ever • Frontend performance (Rupert Germann) pending • Improvements of caching framework (Christian Kuhn) in progress • Performance of Extbase (Jochen Rau) in progress • Performance improvements for DBAL (Xavier Perseguers) 60% • More Indexed Search speed improvements (Dmitry Dulepov) in progress Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 13.
    TYPO3: the EnterpriseCMS • Workspaces improvements (Sonja Scholz and Workspaces Team) 75% • UTF-8 by default (Michael Stucki) 90% • Backend XHTML conformance / cleanup (Jo Hasenau) in progress • DBAL: Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL (Xavier Perseguers) in progress • Lightbox: Easy integration (Susanne Moog) 100% • Get rid of all inline styles (Ernesto Baschny) pending Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 14.
    Screenshot: Workspaces Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 15.
    Using and creatingmodern APIs • TypoScript Improvements, Features and Speed (Jo Hasenau, Steffen Kamper) 40% • Extbase / Fluid Enhancements (Jochen Rau, Extbase Team) 50% • Modern Mail API (Ernesto Baschny) 30% • Editor for the backend with syntax highlighting (Tobias Liebig) 50% • Maintanence tasks through the scheduler (Christian Kuhn) pending • Reports module improvements (Ingo Renner) 50% • File abstraction layer ("lightweight DAM") (Andreas Wolf) in progress Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
  • 16.
    Participate! •You can help! Scratch your itch and help us • Together we can make 4.5 the best release ever • http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v45-projects Inspiring people to TYPO3 4.5 LTS share
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