On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 10:41 PM Mark Trapp <m...@itafroma.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 9:59 AM Jeffrey Dafoe <jda...@fsx.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 4:01 PM Erick de Azevedo Lima 
> > > <mailto:ericklima.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Maybe if such a feedback was given before and it was decided to go for a 
> > > trimmed version of the feature, maybe Ilija/Larry could have had less 
> > > work to implement and test all the variantes they've done. I think if a 
> > > person has such numerous concerns, it should be exposed ASAP even if your 
> > > thoughts are not
> > > totally clear. If you had a chat directly with Ilija/Larry, they would be 
> > > aware of such concerns and would expend efforts to address these concerns.
> >
> > > To an outsider, it looks wild when feedback starts coming in right before 
> > > the vote starts. What's even more startling is that there are people with 
> > > voting rights who have never participated in the discussion at all, yet 
> > > have a right to wordlessly affect the vote's outcome. I sincerely hope 
> > > Ilija and Larry's work don't
> > > go to waste here.
> >
> > I hope that the property hooks feature goes through. I've used it in C# and 
> > it reads nice and saves time.
> >
> > Waiting until the last minute to express a significant design disagreement 
> > is disrespectful of the time the RFC authors have spent working on this 
> > proposal. It's also counterproductive to the PHP project overall.
> >
> > -Jeff
>
> Just a friendly reminder that feedback on why people vote against RFCs
> has been desperately sought after and requested each time a seemingly
> popular RFC is rejected, and the feedback provided by others for this
> RFC was done so in good faith, before voting started, allowing the RFC
> authors to address said feedback should they choose to acknowledge it.
>
> And in general, the wider PHP community does not pay attention to RFCs
> until/unless they come up for a vote.
>
> Admonishing people for providing unexpected or negative feedback will
> have a chilling effect for future RFC attempts, as it's much easier to
> just silently vote no than to be attacked simply for providing a
> dissenting opinion at an inconvenient time.
>
> - Mark

Hey Mark,

I think that is fair, but I'd also point out that RFCs have been
rejected in the past simply because voters felt it was "too last
minute" before a release. I don't think it's fair to decline RFCs for
being too last minute, but when the inverse happens to an RFC: a huge
dissenting opinion at the last second, call foul.

Largely, I agree with you but it's worth pointing out the incongruity here.

Robert Landers
Software Engineer
Utrecht NL

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