RE: [PHP-DEV] Is it fair that people with no karma can vote on RFCs?
| From: | Sharon Levy | Date: | Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:31:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DEV] Is it fair that people with no karma can vote on RFCs? | ||
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From: Andrey Andreev <narf@devilix.net>
Sent: Sep 29, 2014 3:01 PM
To: Sharon Levy <slevy1@pipeline.com>
Cc: Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com>, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net>, Andrea Faulds
<ajf@ajf.me>, PHP internals <internals@lists.php.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Is it fair that people with no karma can vote on RFCs?
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 12:28 AM, Sharon Levy <slevy1@pipeline.com> wrote:
> >> I think in all fairness, users should be required to learn C and pass a test
> >> demonstrating basic knowledge of PHP's internals in order to acquire voting
> >> privileges.
> >
> >So, in order to vote, users should become (capable of being) core
> >contributors? :)
> >How does that change anything?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Andrey.
"... the important truths, that knolege is power, that knolege is safety, and that knolege is
happiness." -- Thomas Jefferson
If more users were educated about PHP's internals, then there could be more substantive
discussions between Userland and core contributors, including better ideas originating from
Userland. More users might even consider becoming core contributors. It would change the status
quo.