Ugh I hate to throw a POO into this, but.... On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Nikita Popov <nikita....@googlemail.com>wrote:
> Hey internals :) > > As there doesn't seem to be any further discussion regarding my RFC, > I've opened the vote: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/empty_isset_exprs#vote > > Nikita > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > "There'd be a minimum of 2 weeks between when an RFC that touches the language is brought up on this list and when it's voted on is required. Other RFCs might use a smaller timeframe, but it should be at least a week." (from http://wiki.php.net/rfc/voting) >From what I can tell, you first created the topic on this 6 days ago. Even if this didn't touch the language (which I think it does), voting would not be permissible yet. For the record, I do plan to vote yes on this and I think the voting rules should be amended to allow for sooner voting if discussion has ended. But until such amendments are made, are we really comfortable setting a precedent of just ignoring the policy whenever it proves inconvenient? I know I've been a bit of a lightning rod recently but I really think we should make a decision on how we want to handle this. Personally, I'm a big fan of having consistent procedures and defined parameters. But if we're going to treat the voting RFC as binding or non-binding, I just think we should overtly express a collective position on that here. I'll refrain from voting on this until other people have had a chance to weigh-in on this concern. I think we basically have three choices: Cancel the vote on this RFC and wait until the 2 weeks have passed, come to a decision that the rules in the voting RFC are non-binding, *or *(and this would be my preference) let it slide this time with the understanding that we'll add clarifying language to the voting procedure in the forseeable future. ....And in the interest of making people not want to murder me and feed my entrails to a pack of wild ferrets, I'll shut up now. ;) --Kris
