Re: Proposal to increase the required majority for all RFCs

On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote: > > On 17 May 2014, at 20:46, Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> wrote: > >> Implementation changes don't fit in this RFC process too well. >> Implementation changes should be dealt with by those who own the >> implementation. > > I don’t and can’t agree with this. Zend changes will ultimately affect everyone. > > It is not just Zend maintainers who’ll be affected by the 64-bit patch, for example. Everyone > would, as it would increase PHP’s memory usage. > > Also, I am unconvinced that just because the people who maintain Zend (say) want something, > that they are necessarily right. Cannot agree more here. php4 to php5 and the later versions have clearly show Zend blocking features that have beeb implemented later, loosing years in the process. RFCs provide a way to reach consensus and keep in touch with the reality of the PHP needs today and tomorrow. -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org