Re: [RFC][Vote] Policy on third party code

> And we're in 2024 now and nobody writes PHP code without Composer. Without this change, we > can't use any composer available library for PHP.NET sites, nor even mention it in the > documentation. > That's bonkers. > 100% agree with you. > This is counter productive, because the current rule is: don't use anything, or mention > anything, third party. Per the very first line of the RFC... > The PHP project has had a long-standing but unwritten, vague, and inconsistently-applied > proscription against mentioning or using third-party PHP projects, on the grounds that it implies > some sort of endorsement over other third-party projects. I guess my point here is when I read this RFC it moves the needle from "unwritten, vague, and inconsistently-applied" to a much more firm "don't use them, don't talk about them" on frameworks -- which I think is a mistake. It also seems entirely haphazard in the "what's allowed" vs. "what's not". in terms of packages based on Larry's (probably correct) opinion of what's mainstream as a solution for particular problems.. All of this is wildly inconsistent is my point. Also what happens if I decide to use a composer package component that's really a part of Laravel or Symfony or ....? Is that allowed or not? I wouldn't have even blinked on a "yes" vote here if the RFC was to allow composer.. it's this other half-baked stuff that I am balking at... I'd very much like to see this RFC stripped of those bits if possible. John