Re: Let's make a 5.7 release

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 12:49 AM, David Soria Parra <dsp@php.net> wrote: > On 2014-08-15, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: >> --001a1133979e094b370500b2c0a9 >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> On Aug 16, 2014 12:20 AM, "David Soria Parra" <dsp@php.net> wrote: >> (didn't >>> we learn anything from PHP 6?). >> >> I did. And with opcache. Both with hypothetical deadlines based on >> arbitrary random facts about the status or stability. >> >> Here we have two issues, whether or not we need a 5.x to prepare 7 and if >> one year Dev time is enough. >> >> Let be realistic instead of yet again trying to achieve impossible goals, >> or think we achieved them and release something we won't be able to change >> for the next decade. > > Let me summerize a few things that have come up: > > (1) phpng doesn't justify PHP7 > It does. It's a complete new engine. It has performance improvements. Where > do you draw the line of what justifies a PHP 7? It's a major BC break and we > needd a major version for it No it does not. Even if it would do, that's not something I can live with in the next 10 years. As I repeatedly said, with explanations why. -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org