All,
We’ve had some discussions about it during the version name & phpng RFC processes, and now that 5.6.0 is behind us – I think it’s time to get a more concrete game plan for PHP 7.0. I drafted an RFC that proposes a one year timeline for PHP 7.0. I believe it strikes a good balance between early delivery to stay competitive, and having enough time to shape a major version. Given that we’ve already made some very substantial progress towards 7.0 (with phpng, AST, uniform variable syntax, etc.) – I think that timeline is very realistic, and perhaps we can even beat it. Restating the obvious, new features that don’t have compatibility implications can always be delivered in minor versions, i.e. 7.1, 7.2, etc. The RFC is at https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php7timeline - comments welcome! Zeev
