On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 8:30 PM Nuno Maduro <enunomad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Internals, > > I am writing to request karma privileges to vote on PHP RFCs. > > I'm not a voter and have no influence here but from previous discussions which have come from similar requests, I don't think you're likely to get this. The conventional or common view is that without a regular history of contributions to internals, both via this mailing list and proposing, designing, implementing, fixing or otherwise aiding with RFCs, voting rights are not typically granted. And even whether those criteria are sufficiently met is a somewhat subjective thing. I do think the system and criteria for choosing who gets to vote is something which needs to be modernised and changed, particularly in respect of recognising significant userland authors and contributors, but the problem is probably that whenever this has come up before, no one's been able to propose a sufficiently agreeable solution. We probably all share a general principle of belief that PHP should be as open a democracy as is practical, but there must also be a consideration for the fairly small group of regular, core developers who are responsible - voluntarily - for the majority of the work maintaining the new features which work their way in. I appreciate this is therefore not a straightforward matter, even though like anyone else I'd like to be able to have a say in the future of the language I love and use every day. I think the best thing there and what I try to do myself is just make sure your voice is heard on this mailing list on the discussion period of any RFCs which interest or concern you. This mailing list is open, anyone can participate, no special karma needed. I've had one small RFC and a couple of minor bugfixes accepted too. So we know it's possible to give something back at whatever level and to whatever extent we are able and willing, and we don't need to be able to vote to do that. -Dave
