Re: [PHP4BETA] PHP4 call for developers

Well, as always, "it's not as simple as that". We can't just dump PHP 3.0 and move to 4.0. There are hundreds of thousands of web sites around the world that use it, and they won't switch to PHP 4.0 overnight. Moreover, at least at this point - we don't want them to move, since PHP 4.0 hasn't gone through enough testing. Once PHP 4.0 is out of beta, we'll recommend upgrading to it and will no longer maintain development of PHP 3.0, even though we may address serious issues/bugs should they be discovered. I think the migration should begin from the developers. If new features are implemented only in PHP 4.0, or at the very least - in PHP 4.0 first, it's a good start. Zeev At 17:45 30/07/99 , Jesse Knoll wrote:

Zeev wrote: _________________________________________________ At this point, I'd personally like to ask all of the developers to avoid adding new functionality to PHP 3.0.x, and concentrate all, or at least most of their efforts in version 4.0. A first step would be migrating all of the patches and updates made between PHP 3.0.6 and 3.0.11 to PHP 4.0; The fact they're missing prevents a lot of people from switching. As a rule of the thumb - if you're implementing new features, implement them for version 4.0 first. If you have time and will left - migrate them back to version 3.0; Doing that will ensure that PHP 4.0 always contains the latest and greatest code base. Zeev -- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/ For a PGP public key, finger bourbon@netvision.net.il --------------------------------------------------------------- I was kinda wondering about that. Why would you continue development on php3 when 4 came out? This seems like sort of a split in resources which cant be good for php4 in its infancy. Do people just not feel confident in php4? I have read about all I can about it, and it looks great. I am currently running 3.0.9 but plan to convert to 4 soon. I have to agree with Zeev here, if we want to make php4 kick ass we need to concentrate on it, not refining php3. IMHO -- JESSE KNOLL --Senior - Ball State University - INDIANA -- jrknoll@cwix.com Majors: Sport Administration Business Finance Minor: Computer Science ...Either you have the force...or you don't. -- PHP 4 Beta

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