Re: Subdomain Set up

On Jun 13, 2012, at 4:56 PM, Levi Morrison wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Paul Dragoonis <dragoonis@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hey, >> >> I'm asking if someone with the relevant karma could set up a new >> subdomain for me. >> >> I'm referring to 'php-fig' which stands for 'PHP Framework >> Interoperability Group', which has released code conventions such as >> PSR0, PSR1 and PSR2. >> >> We need a webpage to clearly publish our about/manifesto content and >> the content we have published here: >> >> https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards#php-framework-interoperability-group >> >> You can host your HTML based website on github.com, so my idea was to >> have the DNS of "fig.php.net" or "phpfig.php.net" point there. >> >> Thanks, >> Paul. >> > > Personally, I am against condoning this through a subdomain. A little > while back, an RFC for adopting SplClassLoader (which is based on PSR0 > from your group) into the core was declined. That's the only > official community involvement I have seen for this interoperability > group, and it was declined. At this moment, I have reason only to > believe that we *don't* want you to officially be part of this > community. Furthermore, we have stayed out of framework business so > far, why should we start now? > > In my opinion, this should not get a subdomain. If we want to take a > community vote somehow, then by all means we can. > > Don't take this personally. I am not opposed to the groups work, but > I don't think it belongs *here*. > > -- > PHP Webmaster List Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > As a casual observer, I think it makes a lot of sense for FIG to be an official part of the community. I don't know why one wouldn't embrace and promote the good work they are doing. Cheers, Stew