RE: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [INFO] Basic Scalar Types

> -----Original Message----- > From: Pádraic Brady [mailto:padraic.brady@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 9:00 PM > To: Zeev Suraski > Cc: Bob Weinand; PHP Internals > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [INFO] Basic Scalar Types > > On 15 March 2015 at 16:55, Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> wrote: > > Bob, > > > > Thanks for the update. This time, though, although I completely > > respect your decision not to put your RFC into a vote unless the Dual > > STH mode fails, I'd like to either (with your permission) take over > > the RFC or propose my own copy and move it to voting as soon as > > allowed. This, under a commitment that if I see that Basic STH is > > failing to garner a clear majority, I'll retract it and move to > > support the Dual STH RFC instead for the sake of unity. > > No one individual has the right to break the existing rules around voting.. > There has been more than sufficient time to date to rewrite the voting > rules, > debate voting rights, extend PHP7's deadline, or propose the basic RFC so > described. A vote in contravention of the voting rules at the last > possible > minute cannot, by definition, be recognised at this time. I wouldn't even > vote > since it might lend it an air of ill deserved legitimacy, forgetting for a > moment whether a few PEAR contributions make me any more deserving of > a vote than others. No rule is being broken. The PHP 7 timeline RFC (wiki.php.net/rfc/php7timeline) states the following: Line up any remaining RFCs that target PHP 7.0. | Now - Mar 15 (4+ additional months) As Bob pointed out, what 'Line up' means - whether it means vote ends, vote begins, or discussion begins - is completely open to interpretation. I don't remember what I meant when I wrote it, but arguably, 'line up' is a lot closer to 'start discussing' than 'finish voting', and as is typically the case when something is unclear, the most lax interpretation is acceptable. Zeev