RE: [PHP-DEV] Purpose of voting
| From: | Zeev Suraski | Date: | Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:12:38 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DEV] Purpose of voting | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Levi Morrison [mailto:morrison.levi@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 10:04 PM
> To: Zeev Suraski
> Cc: Anthony Ferrara; internals@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Purpose of voting
>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> wrote:
> >> What should we be voting on when voting on an RFC: on the RFC
> >> proposed feature, or on the patch itself?
> >
> > I think it should be exclusively on the concept. We never vote about
> > code changes anywhere - including when we refactor existing parts.
> > Why would we vote about the implementation here?
> >
> > The concept is the important part, not the implementation.
>
> Implementation can be a HUGE factor in whether I vote yes or no.
Fair enough, it has next to zero effect on mine - unless we're dealing
with something extremely fundamental. Otherwise, why not put each and
every commit up for a vote?
Zeev