Re: Next major version must be 7 (Lessons learned from the ECMAScript committee)

On 13.03.2010, at 22:52, Stefan Marr wrote: > > On 13 Mar 2010, at 22:43, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: > >> Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: >>> No, not ok. We will call the next release whatever we like. People who >>> have written books or articles about PHP 6 inferring they knew what the >>> final state of PHP 6 would be were misguided. We never got to the point >>> of a final feature set much less a release date. >> >> +1 >> >> Authors that wrote, publishers that published and readers that bought >> books on PHP 6 need to be ... punished ;-) > Is that wise and well-considered or something the community might regret in the long run? Nobody needs to be punished and I think Rasmus stayed clear of such words for a reason. The name of the next version is not really all that relevant more if the next version will be a minor bump (aka x.y+1) or a major (aka x+1.y). regards, Lukas Kahwe Smith mls@pooteeweet.org