Re: deep investigation of PHP_Callback

Le 6 mai 07 à 09:25, Alexey Borzov a écrit :

Hi, Justin Patrin wrote:

Also this whole discussion wasted much more of everybody's time than writing this gem of a package did. I won't repeat this error and will in similar cases wait with arguments until the voting phase. That'll be much more fun.

Waiting to comment until the voting phase isn't how the system is supposed to work.

I think there is a big gap between how the system is supposed to work and how it works: 1) People put packages up for public criticism then act all offended when they receive said criticism. 2) Lots of developers only complain about docblocks / licenses / CS. A bot can be written that will do exactly the same! People are either unwilling to look into the actual workings of the package or unwilling to "offend" their fellow developers. Thus me keeping my comments for "easily offended" developers until the voting phase won't make this gap *much* wider, I suppose...

I agree with that. When Travis proposed his package, he should have expected criticism. I found his package useless, I said so. I don't know if there is a difference between "useless" and "not useful" in English, maybe "useless" is stronger. Now, I am a star in his blog. Apparently, he says I have made an English mistake in my comment on his proposal. I can live with that, I ain't no English expert, but that's not the best way to get accepted in a community of developers like PEAR in my opinion. PS: Here is my comment "This is useless. PHP callbacks are already quite comprehensible and don't need to be complicated." Any native English speaker could tell me what's wrong in this sentence ? -- Bertrand Mansion Mamasam Work : http://www.mamasam.com Blog : http://golgote.freeflux.net