Re: [RFC][Discuss] Increase non-syntax runtime-impacting RFC votingthreshold to 60%

On 13.09.2017 at 22:42, Sara Golemon wrote: > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/rfc.voting-threshold > > This topic has come up on the mailing list a few times, so I'd like to > formally open the topic for discussion. > > I'm generally pretty liberal when it comes to allowing the PHP > language to evolve and explore its identity, but the truth is a > feature that has 30 people vote against it and 31 people vote in favor > of it is not a mandate by any stretch of the imagination. It's an > opportunity to examine why a divide exists and if we're all being > honest with each other, improve the original idea before it becomes a > maintenance burden. Thanks for taking the initiative on this! FTR: Zeev has also started preparing an RFC which includes this voting threshold, besides further issues: <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/voting2017>. > Please note the "Open Question". I'm not all that sure 60% is enough > of a mandate either, but I wanted to be conservative in my > conservatism. If folks think 2/3 is more appropriate (and consistent > with syntax changes), I'm happy to change this number before we move > to voting phase. IMHO, a 2/3 majority would be most suitable for any changes to php-src. Most votes have even been clearer, and I believe most (if not all) which would have failed a 2/3 threshold would have failed 60% as well. (Zeev presented more detailed stats on this list a while ago.) Having a 2/3 threshold for all php-src change related votes would at least avoid the discussion into which category the vote falls, though. -- Christoph M. Becker