On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Julien Pauli <jpa...@php.net> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Xinchen Hui <larue...@php.net> wrote: >> Hey: >> >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Zeev Suraski <z...@zend.com> wrote: >>> 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. do you remember how PHP6 dies?
thanks >>> >>> >>> >>> The RFC is at https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php7timeline - comments welcome! >> >> I think this process is a little long. >> >> we should freeze new features by the end of this year. then we could >> release 7 asap >> >> and regarding of the qa process, we can use 7.0.x to do that. >> >> thanks > > > Mmmm I don't think it is a good idea to rush the release. > > At the starting point (so, something like one year ago), we had many > ideas to add to the new major PHP and had a compute of at least two > years development. > > Also, we havent talked about a possible PHP 5.7, that could ease the > transition regading BC breaks brought by PHP7, issuing deprecation > notices for examples. > > Also, what about breaks in ABI ? > Have we ported every extension ? Have we written some doc to extension > writters ? Tools for them to ease migration ? > > Last, some big parts - ideas we had - have not been taken in > consideration, nor debatted. Some are listed here : > https://wiki.php.net/ideas/php6/engine > > Quickly put : Asynchronous IO and network code rewriting - PHP/Zend > Extension code rewrite - Introduction of threads into the VM, refactor > TSRM - SPL rewrite and merging .... and many other ideas. > > > Julien.Pauli -- Xinchen Hui @Laruence http://www.laruence.com/ -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
