Re: A goodbye, of sorts, long live PHP!

On 21 May 2015 at 02:25, Philip Olson <philip@roshambo.org> wrote: > Hello fellow doc geeks, > > As some of you may know, I'm the (theoretical) editor of the PHP manual. > An ambiguous title because we all edit the manual so mostly it's a > commitment to spending consistent time worrying about the PHP > documentation. It also means performing tasks that few want to work on, > finalizing tough decisions and pushing them forward, staying positive, and > gently guiding new folks towards helping. Lately I've been spending > inconsistent to virtually no time here so I'm stepping down from this role. > Thank you for honoring me with this title exactly eight years ago as of > today! Gosh, those enjoyable eight years went by fast! > Happy anniversary! I just want to take the time to thank you so much for the awesome role you've played over the years for the documentation team here, and further thank you for everything you've done for me too. You're a great chap to work with! I don't want to blabber too much, so will instead lighten the mood with an anecdote. We had an email to the webmaster mailing list a few years ago[1], with the following request: "I want to know what is the best editor for PHP please" Of course the only sensible reply to that, which Dan Brown kindly provided, was: "Philip Olson." > > I think several here qualify so good luck to whoever takes on this role, > and kudos to all of the fine folks who continue to spend so much time > improving the documentation. Looks like Peter has done well to start the > PHP 7 documentation movement so maybe he’s willing to guide this > meritocracy forward :) > > Again, thank you for the fun ride, and see you around both here and on IRC. > Definitely hope to keep in touch! > > Warm regards, > PHiliP [1] http://news.php.net/php.webmaster/11020