PHP code refactoring (was: include cleanup)

From: Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 20:16:58 +0000
Subject: PHP code refactoring (was: include cleanup)
Groups: php.internals 
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Hi @internals, I have to say that we came to a serious conflict. Recently we voted for inluce cleanup RFC https://wiki.php.net/rfc/include_cleanup and it was declined. Despite that a series of code refactoring commits from Max were silently merged into the master. As this is a violation of the community rules and we should do something. In my opinion, this should be reverted (I would even think about rebasing to not pollute the git history). Personally, I don't like this refactoring, because it is mainly about coding preferences and habits. Anyway, I see that some people like this. Maybe this may attract new developers. OK. Let's do this, but do this in a managed way. The massive uncontrolled changes is the main problem in the current situation. Let's define the goal(s), rules, make a plan, summarize this in a new RFC, accept it. Then most of the work should be done in a separate branch and merged into the master all together after a final review. I (and other authority contributors) wouldn't be able to object against the terms accepted in RFC. So a good RFC should be a half of success... It would be great if PHP Foundation could assign some experienced developer(s) to be part of this work. Thanks. Dmitry.

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