Index: typo3/mod/user/ws/class.wslib.php
===================================================================
--- typo3/mod/user/ws/class.wslib.php	(revision 8083)
+++ typo3/mod/user/ws/class.wslib.php	(working copy)
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 
 	/****************************
 	 *
-	 * CLI functions
+	 * Scheduler methods
 	 *
 	 ****************************/
 
@@ -182,14 +182,18 @@
 	 * Main function to call from cli-script
 	 *
 	 * @return	void
+	 * @deprecated since TYPO3 4.5 - This was meant for an obsolete CLI script. You shouldn't be calling this.
 	 */
 	function CLI_main()	{
+		self::logDeprecatedFunction();
 		$this->autoPublishWorkspaces();
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * CLI internal function:
-	 * Will search for workspaces which has timed out regarding publishing and publish them
+	 * This method is called by the Scheduler task that triggers
+	 * the autopublication process
+	 * It searches for workspaces whose publication date is in the past
+	 * and publishes them
 	 *
 	 * @return	void
 	 */
Index: typo3/sysext/version/tasks/class.tx_version_tasks_autopublish.php
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/version/tasks/class.tx_version_tasks_autopublish.php	(revision 0)
+++ typo3/sysext/version/tasks/class.tx_version_tasks_autopublish.php	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+/***************************************************************
+*  Copyright notice
+*
+*  (c) 2010 Francois Suter <francois@typo3.org>
+*  All rights reserved
+*
+*  This script is part of the TYPO3 project. The TYPO3 project is
+*  free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+*  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+*  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+*  (at your option) any later version.
+*
+*  The GNU General Public License can be found at
+*  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
+*
+*  This script is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+*  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+*  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+*  GNU General Public License for more details.
+*
+*  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
+***************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * This class provides a wrapper around the autopublication
+ * mechanism of workspaces, as a Scheduler task
+ *
+ * @author		Francois Suter <francois@typo3.org>
+ * @package		TYPO3
+ * @subpackage	tx_version
+ *
+ * $Id: class.tx_scheduler_sleeptask.php 7905 2010-06-13 14:42:33Z ohader $
+ */
+class tx_version_tasks_AutoPublish extends tx_scheduler_Task {
+
+	/**
+	 * Method executed from the Scheduler.
+	 * Call on the workspace logic to publish workspaces whose publication date
+	 * is in the past
+	 *
+	 * @return	void
+	 */
+	public function execute() {
+			// Load the workspace library class and instatiate it
+		require_once(PATH_typo3 . 'mod/user/ws/class.wslib.php');
+		$autopubObj = t3lib_div::makeInstance('wslib');
+			// Publish the workspaces that need to be
+		$autopubObj->autoPublishWorkspaces();
+			// There's no feedback from the publishing process,
+			// so there can't be any failure.
+			// TODO: This could certainly be improved.
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+}
+
+if (defined('TYPO3_MODE') && $TYPO3_CONF_VARS[TYPO3_MODE]['XCLASS']['ext/version/tasks/class.tx_version_tasks_autopublish.php']) {
+	include_once($TYPO3_CONF_VARS[TYPO3_MODE]['XCLASS']['ext/version/tasks/class.tx_version_tasks_autopublish.php']);
+}
+?>
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Index: typo3/sysext/version/ext_localconf.php
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/version/ext_localconf.php	(revision 0)
+++ typo3/sysext/version/ext_localconf.php	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+/* $Id: ext_localconf.php 7251 2010-04-06 18:57:45Z francois $ */
+
+if (!defined ('TYPO3_MODE')) {
+	die ('Access denied.');
+}
+
+	// Register the autopublishing task
+$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SC_OPTIONS']['scheduler']['tasks']['tx_version_tasks_AutoPublish'] = array(
+	'extension'        => $_EXTKEY,
+	'title'            => 'LLL:EXT:' . $_EXTKEY . '/locallang.xml:autopublishTask.name',
+	'description'      => 'LLL:EXT:' . $_EXTKEY . '/locallang.xml:autopublishTask.description'
+);
+?>
Index: typo3/sysext/version/locallang.xml
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/version/locallang.xml	(revision 8083)
+++ typo3/sysext/version/locallang.xml	(working copy)
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@
 			<label index="versionSelect.publish">Publish page</label>
 			<label index="versionSelect.inBranch">Inside branch, no further versioning possible</label>
 			<label index="versionSelect.versionsFound">Versions found on page, no "Page" versioning possible</label>
+			<label index="autopublishTask.name">Workspaces auto-publication</label>
+			<label index="autopublishTask.description">This tasks checks any workspace that has a publication date set in the past and automatically publishes it.</label>
 		</languageKey>
 	</data>
 </T3locallang>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: typo3/sysext/version/ext_autoload.php
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/version/ext_autoload.php	(revision 0)
+++ typo3/sysext/version/ext_autoload.php	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * Register necessary classes with autoloader
+ *
+ * $Id: ext_autoload.php 6536 2009-11-25 14:07:18Z stucki $
+ */
+return array(
+	'tx_version_tasks_autopublish' => t3lib_extMgm::extPath('version', 'tasks/class.tx_version_tasks_autopublish.php')
+);
+?>