On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Andrea Faulds <a...@ajf.me> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > For my own reasons, I have decided to cease my involvement with PHP > development. This isn’t a judgement of the PHP community nor the internals > mailing list, you’re all wonderful people and it’s really been a pleasure, > and I mean that completely honestly. However, this has ended up taking up too > much of my time (which is my own fault, and my own fault alone) and I can’t > really justify it to myself anymore. > > So, I’m no longer contributing to PHP, and all four active RFCs authored by > myself are therefore withdrawn: Scalar Type Hints, Spaceship/Combined > Comparison Operator, Void Return Type, Big Integer Support. > > The first two were in voting, so the votes have been cancelled. > > If anyone would like to pick up from where I left off with any of these RFCs, > they are very much welcome to - there is no need to consult me first (and > it’s probably for the best if you don’t). The Spaceship/Combined Comparison > Operator RFC was also authored by Davey Shafik, so ask him if you want to > revive that one. > > I’m sorry about this, but it can’t be helped. I’d rather move on to other > things. I would stick around to finish everything up before I leave, but I > just don’t have the time nor the motivation to finish everything. I apologise > for that, especially for Scalar Type Hints as I realise this is something a > lot of developers were looking forward to. > > I’d leave quietly, but since this affects active RFCs, I need to announce it > somewhere. > > So, thank you, PHP community. It has been a wonderful 2 years. > > Goodbye. > > -- > Andrea Faulds > http://ajf.me/ > > > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >
I do not accept this. You are one of the most active, motivated and appreciated contributors of PHP over the last few years. Not to shit on anyone specifically, but there are only 4 or 5 people doing 80% of the work of PHP recently, and you are one of them. Scalar Type Hints are a massive burden, and you're stuck in the middle of everyone who has a strong opinion about either strict or weak and getting screamed at by both camps at the same time as getting crap from the people who dont want either. I constantly see people giving you shit in here, on Reddit, StackOverflow Chat and wherever else and it sickens me. They're condescending, patronising or at the very least missing some P's and Q's which are fairly important when giving feedback as harsh as they often give. The lack of respect between contributors here in general sickens me, and I'm not known as somebody who is wildly polite at all times. Scalar Type Hinting was the closest it's ever been. If the workload is too much then stick to one RFC at a time, but to remove yourself from the equation is a massive loss for PHP as a whole. I'm not trying to place a burden on you, but your input will be sorely missed by a massive number of people. Please, don't let the assholes win. PHP needs you. -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
