On 08.07.2018 at 01:35, Sara Golemon wrote: > On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 4:46 PM, Christoph M. Becker <cmbecke...@gmx.de> wrote: > >> Why should we have 2 additional alphas? In my opinion, a single >> additional alpha is sufficient, and it is really important not to add >> yet further features. > > Because in the best case scenario (with a single extra alpha), the RFC > is ready now, and the vote for it opens immediately. After two weeks, > we get a yes vote and we'll be right on the edge of ready for > FF/beta1. Adding that fifth alpha gives us breathing room for > something short of idealized circumstances.
I see! > On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 5:12 PM, Zeev Suraski <z...@zend.com> wrote: > >> and independently - should perhaps go hand-in-hand with fixing the >> flaws of the non-strict types - something we can do in PHP 8. >> If we do the latter, then perhaps, just perhaps, we can introduce it >> hand-in-hand with typed variables - and if we do, it will be sensible >> to do it at the same time and not in a gradual rollout. > > And that's a decision we need to make, NOW. We need to know in the > next 10 days if we're going to move forward with a 7.3 that doesn't > contain TP, or if we're going to push out the betas until we can > solidify it. Waiting to make that decision is making a decision by > default (almost as bad as making the wrong decision). ACK! How should we make this decision? A vote in the Wiki? The full RFC process is no option anymore. -- Christoph M. Becker -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
