Breaking: The descending start date constant is renamed 

Description 

The constant \FGTCLB\AcademicProjects\Enumeration\SortingOptions::SORT_BY_STARTDATE_desc is renamed to SortingOptions::SORT_BY_STARTDATE_DESC , the spelling of every other sorting option. Its value, 'tx_academicprojects_start_date desc' , is unchanged.

No alias constant is kept for the old name. SortingOptions::getConstants() lists every constant of the class, so an alias would offer the descending start date twice, in the sorting select of the plugin and in the sorting select of the visitor.

Impact 

PHP code that names SortingOptions::SORT_BY_STARTDATE_desc fails with an error.

Stored values are not affected. The FlexForm of the plugin, the sorting select of the visitor and the route enhancer of the list work with the value of the constant, never with its name, so a project list that sorts by start date descending keeps doing so without a migration, on TYPO3 v13 and v14.

Affected Installations 

Installations whose own code names the constant. Search the site package for it:

grep -rn "SORT_BY_STARTDATE_desc" packages/my_sitepackage/

Migration 

Use SortingOptions::SORT_BY_STARTDATE_DESC instead.