On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 1:57 AM, Kris Craig <kris.cr...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. ;)
I've asked about this on IRC and it seems like there is no problem opening the vote now. Quoting: "The purpose of the waiting period is to allow time for discussion instead of rushing things before someone can find a problem. The discussion having died and this being a simple change, I don't see the problem with opening the vote now. Only a strict formalist like Kris would interpret rules while ignoring their purpose." Thanks, Nikita -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
