On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Anthony Ferrara <ircmax...@gmail.com> wrote: >> However, and it is what we approved, OSS project leads have a voice, >> today and here. And they are not random people, they know sometimes >> much better than us what should be added to the core (be language, or >> functions in an extension like spl). > Well, I would like to make a point here. Right now, and the > discussion here is that people who contribute to the core and OSS > project leads get a say in the language. What would happen if Google > chose to use PHP instead of Python. Would they get a voice? Should > they get a voice? (even if it's just a single vote)...? What about > professional lead/senior developers who use and develop large and high > traffic sites off the language? What about the sysadmins and/or OS > package maintainers who implement and maintain the language for mass > adoption? What about the individual hosts that contribute so much to > the traction and adoption of PHP as a whole? Do any of them get a > say?
All of these people do have a voice, and some weight, what they do not have is *equal* weight, or an *equal* vote (if any vote at all). Once a php contributor has become familiar with the different players, and who, and what, they represent, they can selectively evaluate individual arguments based on their weight. Without naming (outing?) specific user names, I can say that no less than three of the top ten websites (on the planet) have voices, and representation, in the various arguments and discussions here. The largest install bases of the most popular PHP applications also carry weight here. Same with frameworks, cross-compilers, etc. There is also the weight, and arguments, of users who have hundreds, or even just one (with low traffic), website/project based on php... but their arguments are often far outweighed by the arguments of those who represent the needs of thousands, or millions, of websites and users. -Ronabop -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
