Re: [RFC] PHP 5.7

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote: > Hi Pierre, > >> On 16 Dec 2014, at 23:42, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> On Dec 17, 2014 4:19 AM, "Andrea Faulds" <ajf@ajf.me> wrote: >> > >> > Hmm, actually, a 2to3-esque tool and a formal extension of 5.6's support by a >> > year sounds like a better solution. If others agree, I might withdraw this RFC. >> > >> > Thanks! >> >> Please do not. >> >> It can be updated but discarding a rfc every time you see a slight opposition is not good. >> >> Also an extension won't have the same impact and spread than a new php release. >> > > I’m not considering dropping the RFC because of opposition. Rather, I think that suggestion > is actually better than having a 5.7 release. Pretty much the same result, isn't it? There are many voices in favor of 5.7, for very good reasons (see the distros one for the most important). An extension will be useless, no impact, defeat the main goal of having a 5.7. And an extension will require much more work than having 5.7, given that "the amount of work" is the main argument against 5.7, I find it disturbing. -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org