Re: [RFC] Shorter Attribute Syntax Change RFC 0.2

Hi all, > On Aug 4, 2020, at 17:07, Pedro Magalhães <mail@pmmaga.net> wrote: > > I'd like to reinforce the idea that this RFC (as all RFCs) needs a Yes/No > primary vote which should attain a 2/3 majority to pass. As it was the case > with https://wiki.php.net/rfc/shorter_attribute_syntax, it had > a primary > vote asking "Are you okay with re-voting on the attribute syntax for PHP > 8.0?" and that vote passed with 50 to 8. > > The primary vote on this RFC could be the exact same question, but I > believe the primary vote needs to be there. Without this primary vote, we > could be enacting a change that only (with 4 options) 25%+1 voters support, > which is clearly insufficient. However, if 2/3 of the voters agree that > something needs to change, they are also accepting that the change may not > be the one they prefer. Hear, hear. If this RFC *must* go to a vote (and that is not a given), then adding a primary vote along the lines of "Are you okay with re-voting on the attribute syntax for PHP 8.0?" would go a long way toward alleviating the "vote until the voters get it 'right'" problem. -- Paul M. Jones pmjones@pmjones.io http://paul-m-jones.com Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP https://leanpub.com/mlaphp Solving the N+1 Problem in PHP https://leanpub.com/sn1php