Re: 5.4 again

On May 11, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Stas Malyshev wrote: > Hi! > >> Waiting a month or two longer is worth it, especially considering the >> 5.4 momentum feels real this time around. We're creating a real TODO, >> and have a real tentative timeline, so forcing a premature alpha at >> this point (thus closing off feature/api discussion) is a bad idea. A >> big -1 here. I mean, we may as well get it right since we've waited >> so long already. > > I don't think it's closing feature discussion. We can have another alpha after the > discussion, or more than one. I can see the value of having _something_ right now to signify we mean > it this time, but that something would definitely not be anything near final and we can take > features in after the discussion is done. The alpha release proposal by Andi contains the text: "I think we (almost) all agree that we need to start pushing PHP 5.4 with all the goodness that has been developed "to-date". Additional features can wait for the next version." So, that's the concern there. But if the alpha is simply a trick to convince people to test out a specific PHP 5.4 snapshot, and feel 5.4 is real, then do it. ;) Regards, Philip