Re: RFC: Move phpng to master

On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> wrote: > >> >> >> He just asks if we will have a 5.7 release while working on the next major >> in master. >> >> I don't think that we can release the php-next under a years, so I think >> that an 5.7 could be warranted (to keep up with our roadmap), but depends >> on wether or not we have enough new (BC-safe) features. >> >> I don’t see a reason of why we can’t have this major version ready by or >> even sooner than the current yearly rhythm we have. In fact, if we do aim >> to work in parallel on both 5.7 and .NEXT – we’re likely to needlessly >> delay .NEXT… >> >> >> >> Zeev >> >> >> > > because there is so much stuff which we want to do in the next major > version, but we can't even start because there is no stable base to target > the other php-next features. > based on the history of php versions, any feature which misses php-next > will have to wait for the next decade, so I don't think that we should rush > it (to meet our yearly release cycle defined in > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/releaseprocess). Exactly. And https://wiki.php.net/ideas/php6 and the related discussions (where @Zend and phpng's team were totally absent, go figure). -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org