Breaking: #96988 - Global Option "allowLocalInstall" removed

See forge#96988

Description

In previous TYPO3 version it was possible to disable the functionality to install extensions from typo3conf/ext/.

This was done by setting the global option $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXT']['allowLocalInstall'] to false.

The usefulness of this functionality was only a side-effect and has lost it even more after the rise of the Composer Mode for TYPO3 Core.

In addition, this option is only useful in the Extension Manager which is now protected with access for only "System Maintainers", only giving special users the power to modify the extension installation process, making TYPO3 more flexible than 15 years ago.

Impact

Toggling the option (which was enabled by default) has no effect anymore. It is now always possible to install an extension available in typo3conf/ext/ for system maintainers with the Extension Manager module for Non-Composer Mode TYPO3 installations.

Affected Installations

TYPO3 Installations in Non-Composer Mode having this option turned off, which is very rare.

Migration

It is recommended to set proper access rights and only give users "System Maintainer" access which should modify the list of active extensions.