Re: PHP Future

Starting points is the Zend2 list. Go http://www.zend.com/lists.php and view the archive. Be aware that is not the full archive. Best regards, Andrey Hristov ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Lynch" <ceo@l-i-e.com> To: <php-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 8:20 AM Subject: [PHP-DEV] PHP Future > First, apologies for two (2!) queries in the past couple weeks from a > guy who barely can find time to lurk on a thread or two anymore... > Hope I haven't used up all my brownie points... > > Second, I want to thank everybody for their help on the "PHP > Security" query -- While IPCop (http://ipcop.org) has decided to go > with Python (more developers on the team know it), I think I opened a > few minds of people who had only looked at the "body count" on > Bugtraq et al rather than really checking the facts -- They'll > probably be using PHP for future projects, even if we "lost" this one > :-) > > I'm working with a Publisher (Wiley, fka Hungry Mind, fka IDG...) on > a couple PHP books, and have been asked to "read the tea leaves" > (literally) about: > > PHP 4.2.0 ++ > PHP 5.0 > > New Features, Improved Features, Time-line, that sort of thing. > Something where somebody can "push" for another PHP book on the shelf > instead of XYZ, with some nice buzz-words and catch-phrases of what > simply *must* be covered to be on top of the industry :-) [Okay, I'm > a programmer, not Marketing...] > > I tried the PHP-Dev archives, but searching for "5" and "PHP 5" was, > um, not particularly useful, as you might imagine. I'll be digging > into ChangeLogs for 4.2.0 next, but could use some guidance on what's > high-level versus typo-fixes. > > Obviously, we're not expecting a detailed corporate time-line here > (hey, *they* were realistic enough to call it "reading tea leaves", > eh?) but any sort of input on when to best have books hit the shelves > with coverage of relevant material and suitable Marketable versioning > on the cover to better promote PHP (and, admittedly, the books I'm > working on) would be most welcome. > > [aside] > Like many industries after the dot-bomb and 9/11, book Publishers are > severely limiting the number of titles for the this fiscal year, so > every book is facing a "Justify Your Existence" sort of thing. > [/aside] > > Please reply off-list, and I'll summarize late Monday (US Central) > night. I'm probably asking at the *worst* possible time in the > middle of 4.2.0 QA, but our insider at the publisher has to go into a > meeting Tuesday morning armed with data/stats/info... > > PS If there's some topic in particular, other than your own > Extension :-), that you think really needs coverage, holler at me. > If it's your own extension, go ahead and holler, but let me know your > bias :-) :-) :-) > > Please Cc: me if you think of it, though I'll do my part and check > the archives. > > Thanks in advance for any help! > -- > Got Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >