Re: PHP 7 TODO list

Peter Cowburn wrote: > On 18 May 2015 at 13:14, Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> wrote: > >> It might be beneficial to work off the submitted patches and also the >> apparently finished work-in-progress items in the online editor. I can >> imagine that some of the submitters would contribute more improvements >> and new documentation, if they see that their work makes it into the >> manual more timely. :) > > That is definitely something we, as a team, should be looking at. There is > the unfortunate tendency to let patches (or WIP) hang around for a long > while. I think it's mostly an issue of getting reviewers more involved (or, > more reviewers involved). On the subject of contributors seeing that their > works makes it into the manual, I don't even know if the editor at the > moment notifies the contributor when a patch is merged; even if it does, > most of the time I end up changing a patch myself before committing outside > of the online editor. Giving contributors a) a notification, and b) a pat > on the back, when their changes make it through is a great idea. I also don't know whether the online editor sends such notifications automatically, but the docs say[1]: | When you accept or reject a patch, the user receives an email if they | have left one when the patch was created. Anyhow, I didn't have some active feedback in mind when I wrote my former mail (I was thinking of passive feedback, à la "I've submitted a patch. – Is it already in the manual? – Let's see...") However, some active feedback (ideally individualized) would be superb. :) [1] <https://wiki.php.net/doc/editor> (at the bottom of the page) -- Christoph M. Becker