Re: [VOTE RESULT] ext/mysql deprecation in 5.5

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Adam Harvey <aharvey@php.net> wrote: > All, > > I ended up leaving the vote open for a couple of extra days (been a > busy week), but I've now closed the ext/mysql deprecation vote. The > full results are at https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mysql_deprecation > — the > short version is that the final vote was 25-12 in favour of > deprecation in PHP 5.5. > > This made the second question moot, but for the record, the result > there was 26-12 in favour of option (a) (deprecation in PHP 5.6 if not > in PHP 5.5). > > I'd like to apologise for not updating the RFC sooner to attempt to > capture the new arguments made on Internals against deprecation — I've > made an attempt at doing so (without getting deeply into the back and > forth that took place) now that I've had a bit of time, but if anyone > feels misrepresented or would like to detail their argument for > posterity better, please feel free to edit the RFC. > > I intend to commit the patch along with the relevant test updates in > the next few days. Admittedly, I'm bad with timeframes, so please > don't hang me if it slips a little. It'll be in before beta 1, I > promise. > > Thanks to everyone who participated in the discussion, and > particularly to those who voted. And particularly particularly to Ulf > for going well above and beyond in writing a monster blog post on the > matter (and for his correspondence and help off-list). > > Cheers, > > Adam, who is serious about that whole beer offer in an earlier e-mail, > no matter how you voted. > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Considering the complexity and widely divergent views on this subject, I think your handling of this RFC was quite exemplary. This was a very big decision and you assumed a leadership role in getting it addressed. I don't think any apologies are necessary in this instance. =) --Kris