Re: [VOTE] 64 bit platform improvements for string length and integer

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:29 AM, Hannes Magnusson > <hannes.magnusson@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> - The vote makes it look like its "now or never" (5.6 or nothing) >>>> This means people don't have to understand the implications. >>>> All they need to know is "64bit integers in PHP? Ok. That sounds logical, >>>> I'll >>>> vote +1". >>>> Of course people will vote for that. >>>> When you start thinking (given you have ever created an external PHP >>>> extension, which minority of our normal voters have) you'll realize how much >>>> more there is to this. >>> >>> Isn't that what the discussion is for? Anyone voting must be following this list, >>> otherwise how would they even know to vote? >>> >> >> >> - Following the voting feed >> - Seeing a voting subject on a mailinglist >> - Friend of a friend >> - Twitter >> - Click a link on the internet >> - Boredom >> - IRC >> - Text message from a friend >> - Billboard message from that homeless guy on the street light >> - Peer pressure >> - expertsexchange >> - ... >> >> Just to name some. >> >> I have been following this discussion and just noticed the vote was >> open because it was being discussed on IRC, not even on #php.pecl. > > Ok, here we go again. It was discussed on mainly discussed on > #php.pecl and from time to time on #windev-php with some devs not > present on #php.pecl, which both are well known. I do not see anything > wrong in discussing RFCs on IRC. What are you talking about? Did you just have nothing to say so you have to change the subject completely? I was replying saying I discovered that the voting had started on a totally not php-src or php.net related IRC channel in the middle of a other discussion. That was to Stephans point that voters _must be_ following every post on internals@ to discover the vote. As you can clearly see, this makes no difference to anything so I would appreciate you stop trying to destroy the real issue by pushing the discussion into crap angle that misses any productiveness. This is no need for any further followups on this part. Thank you for your understanding. -Hannes