RE: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

On Dec 13, 2014 2:19 PM, "Zeev Suraski" <zeev@zend.com> wrote: > Levi, Andrea, Adam, and others that suggested we can do 5.7 in parallel > while sticking to the 7.0 timeline: > > 1. I was replying to Julien. Julien said in at least 3 different places in > his email that if we do 5.7, we'll clearly not be doing 7.0 in 2015 and it > will clearly mean delaying 7.0 by a year. If you disagree, you should be > replying to and discussing with him, not me. This is a public mailing list, for open discussions. You replied to arguments, so we do. It brings pros and cons to a debate you delibatery killed with your incomplete rfc, breaking rules again while being at it. > Perhaps Julien and you have > different ideas about what 5.7 is; Even though it's not explicitly > mentioned in his email, it certainly sounds that in his mind, 5.7 is just as > much of a release as 5.6 or 5.5 were. Not necessarily and this is what we are discussing here. > 3. Last (and probably least) - a 5.7 that breaks compatibility is > inconsistent with our version strategy, that suggests 5.7 should be fully > compatible with 5.6. It won't if we do it right.