Re: On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: >> >> On Fri, 12 Dec 2014, Julien Pauli wrote: >> >> > So the main question is : *What version will we release next year ?* >> > >> > Will we have a PHP 5.7, or jump directly to a 7.0 ? >> > >> > Don't forget, that if we go for a 5.7 , then we won't have a 7.0 at >> > least one year later. >> >> We have accepted the timeline for 7, so we need to stick to that: >> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php7timeline#vote >> >> So that means no 5.7. >> >> > This rfc was specific to php7, and while you are right that with that we > do have an approved timelime for php7, but this doesn't say anything about > 5.7 (and as far as I'm concerned, it was an intentional choice from Zeev > not just something he forgot to include). > Maybe it would be worthwile for you to repeat your arguments or simply > link them, as I do remember that you are supporting the idea of not having > any other release minor release until php7 is out of the door so the > development efforts are not fragmented (which as I mentioned in my previous > mail I feell it would be only a shift from 5.6.x to 5.7.0 and not > fragmanting the php7 development, but you seem to disagree). > True : We then have agreed for the PHP7 planning, by RFC voting. BUT, we still haven't argued about a possible 5.7 in the next time as 7.0 (and then , about the status/lifetime of 5.6). Julien.P