Re: Re: [RFC] php-community: a faster-moving, community-driven PHP.
| From: | Rob Landers | Date: | Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:18:06 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: [RFC] php-community: a faster-moving, community-driven PHP. | ||
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On Sun, Mar 15, 2026, at 15:14, Ben Ramsey wrote:
> On 3/15/26 09:01, Daniil Gentili wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> I've seen adoption statistics mentioned a number of times in this thread
> >> and a few times in the RFC, but I can't find anything that explains how
> >> these statistics will be gathered and measured. Will this be determined
> >> through community surveys? Will PHP need some kind of "phone home"
> >> functionality to gather statistics about feature usage?
> >>
> >
> > The plan is to use packagist installation statistics.
> >
>
> I know those statistics show what versions of PHP are being used, so you
> should be able to see what php-community versions are used, but can you
> gather information on which experimental features within a php-community
> version are actively used?
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
Those statistics also only show you who is using composer. There are many communities that
don't use packagist/composer at all or barely. (WordPress comes to mind immediately)
— Rob