Re: Re: Hold off 5.4

On 2 Dec 2010, at 19:46, "Christopher Jones" <christopher.jones@oracle.com> wrote: > > > On 12/02/2010 11:23 AM, James Butler wrote: >> Following that logic, they will expect the next major version number, whatever it is, to >> have Unicode. Nothing can be done about that apart from telling the world it won't, including >> it in, or let them find out for themselves... >> > > If we decide the next major version doesn't have unicode then we will > have to manage/expect some community confusion. This will happen > regardless of designated version number. > > Chris Sorry, I think I misinterpreted what you were saying. You are right, the user expectation will probably need to be managed, irrespective of major version number, for quite a few features that PHP6 was expected to bring, and also any features that will now arrive that are orthogonal to what PHP6 books/media have promised. That said if the next version is 7 / 2011 / whatever, at least it won't return stacks of obsolete and outdated articles, blog posts and books when people start googling it for help and information. Just my tuppence ha'penny. . > >> -- >> James Butler >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 2 Dec 2010, at 19:02, "Christopher Jones"<christopher.jones@oracle.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 11/26/2010 11:15 AM, Zeev Suraski wrote: >>>> 3. The motivation to skip 6 doesn't stem from marketing at all. The main >>>> motivation is that there's a VERY concrete perception amongst many users about what PHP 6 is. >>>> It's unlikely that PHP 6 will actually be that. Skipping this version makes perfect sense from >>>> just about any POV I can think of. That's actually one thing I do feel more strongly about - >>>> we should probably not reuse the version number 6.0 for something that's completely different >>>> than what we've been talking about for several years, whether it's now or anytime in the >>>> future. >>> >>> Users aware of PHP 6's unicode intentions will assume PHP 7 is a superset of >>> PHP 6 and therefore has unicode. So skipping the number "6" won't >>> resolve >>> any user confusion. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> -- >>> Email: christopher.jones@oracle.com >>> Tel: +1 650 506 8630 >>> Blog: http://blogs.oracle.com/opal/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >> > > -- > Email: christopher.jones@oracle.com > Tel: +1 650 506 8630 > Blog: http://blogs.oracle.com/opal/ > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >