Hi David, That would be awesome. I do want to contribute but haven't got time to get to know all PHP's quirks. I have some knowledge of compiler theory and low level C/C++ (memory management, system programming).
Some stuff I had in mind to try implementing: - The "object(...)" language construct. - Constructor dereferentiation (i.e. "new Foo()->bar()"). But it would be nice to have some previous reference/insight/guidance of where and how to do it. I like the idea of a separate mailing list and I think the general idea would be a very healthy boost for the PHP internals community. I also think that it would be a god idea to build a knowledge base in the wiki and perhaps feed the PHP Internals part. Best regards, David Vega On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:39 AM, David Coallier <dav...@php.net> wrote: > Hey all, > > Let me start by saying that this is merely an idea I'm trying to put > together and before doing so, I need to see who would be interested. > > A short while ago, the Python community created something called "The > Python Core Mentorship Program" [1][2] which is essentially an attempt > to lower the barrier of entry to the Python core for new developers, > students, etc. and connect everyone together in a more cohesive manner > where people actually talk and interact. I strongly believe in such > initiative and believe this is something we should also think about. > > Simply put, I'd love to put something together for the PHP > core/internals where the goals of the program would be, not unlike the > Python project, to get a few internals (Zend Contribs (Stas are you > reading this? :P), Core contribs, PECL extensions developers, > documentation maintainers) to be willing to help newcomers and provide > a more comprehensive understanding of the contribution processes, > internal trickeries, optimisations, etc. > > The general idea is to create a channel between the rest of the world > and the internals of PHP where more experienced developers can > transfer their knowledge and get a fresh perspectives from new > developers that haven't approached the core before. > > Before continuing further into exploring this idea, we need to get > volunteer mentors. The mentee process is likely to get a self-managed > one and the mentors' role will hopefully be rather low in terms of > time consumptions and the roles of the mentor will most likely be: > > - Introducing new developers to the processes > - Answering questions > - Helping with code review of patches > > Again, like the Python program and similarly to the GSOC projects, we > should have a mailing list (restricted) dedicated only to the mentor > (php-mentorship?) where anyone can ask the simpler questions. From > this mailing list we should also be able to construct a solid baseline > for new developers contributing to PHP. From the mailing list, we'll > see what questions are coming over and over again we'll be able to > build a wiki-faq-like sections for new contributors. > > I digress and here's what I'm hoping to achieve with this email: I > want to get a few contributors from various aspects of the core > including docs and pecl extensions willing to help new people. If you > are interested, please raise your voice and if enough interest is > displayed I'll get a proper wiki section started. > > Furthermore, one thing I am hoping this program will help bring is not > only a stronger interest in the core and a fresh injection of talent > but more importantly I hope we'll be able to contributors from our > various communities that are scattered across the internet that barely > ever interact with the internals. > > Hoping this email reaches as many of you and that my message is > properly conveyed :-) > > P.S. This is really an attempt to find volunteers. If you are interested > please > feel free to contact me directly if you prefer so we can start organising > whatever would have to be done: dav...@php.net > > References: > [1]: http://pythonmentors.com/ > [2]: > http://jessenoller.com/2011/03/25/just-proposed-python-core-mentorship-program/ > > > -- > David Coallier > Orchestra.io > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
