Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-18 Thread shire
Marcus Boerger wrote: Hello shire, Thursday, February 12, 2009, 8:02:06 PM, you wrote: Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: The following remain open and it does not seem someone is actively working in it: - PHP_5_3 missed merge from PHP_5_2 for write_func callback Seeing as I have an interest in thi

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-15 Thread Marcus Boerger
Hello shire, Thursday, February 12, 2009, 8:02:06 PM, you wrote: > Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: >> The following remain open and it does not seem someone is actively >> working in it: >> - PHP_5_3 missed merge from PHP_5_2 for write_func callback > Seeing as I have an interest in this getting in 5_

RE: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-14 Thread Andi Gutmans
> -Original Message- > From: Hannes Magnusson [mailto:hannes.magnus...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 6:04 PM > To: Andi Gutmans > Cc: shire; Lukas Kahwe Smith; PHP Internals List > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos > > And you are? > CTO of some

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-14 Thread Hannes Magnusson
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 00:08, Andi Gutmans wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: shire [mailto:sh...@tekrat.com] >> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:02 AM >> To: Lukas Kahwe Smith >> Cc: PHP Internals List >> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos >

RE: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-14 Thread Andi Gutmans
> -Original Message- > From: shire [mailto:sh...@tekrat.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:02 AM > To: Lukas Kahwe Smith > Cc: PHP Internals List > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos > > > Seeing as I have an interest in this getting in 5_3, I'll w

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-13 Thread Matt Wilmas
Hi Lukas! Just wanted to send a quick message about some things I'll try to do. :-) Guess I'm a little late to "return," heh -- and I'm finishing a new system build now and have to migrate stuff over :-/, but I'll get to these PHP things soon as I can, on whatever system... - Original Messag

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-12 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
On 12.02.2009, at 18:17, Leon KUKOVEC wrote: Hi all, A while back I published a patch for PHP 5.2 and SNMP. Anyone had time to review it and if so, any comments? Could this patch be considered as a PHP 5.3 TODO item? Anything I need to do to accept the patch? Err did you open a bug tick

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-12 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
On 12.02.2009, at 21:59, Arnaud Le Blanc wrote: On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 18:07 +0100, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: - pcntl_signal needs declare(ticks) which is deprecated since 5.3 I marked this as a documentation issue. This has been discussed when it was decided to deprecate ticks. Although it

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-12 Thread Arnaud Le Blanc
Hi, On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 18:07 +0100, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: > - pcntl_signal needs declare(ticks) which is deprecated since 5.3 I marked this as a documentation issue. This has been discussed when it was decided to deprecate ticks. Although it would be great to keep ticks, at least for use wi

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-12 Thread shire
Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: The following remain open and it does not seem someone is actively working in it: - PHP_5_3 missed merge from PHP_5_2 for write_func callback Seeing as I have an interest in this getting in 5_3, I'll work up a patch for this unless someone wants to speak up that they'

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-12 Thread Daniel Convissor
Hi Steph: > I'm talking about the UPGRADE file in the source, which is plain text. AH! Pardon the misunderstanding. Yeah, it seems that file should be short and sweet then point folks to the manual. Thanks, --Dan -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-12 Thread Leon KUKOVEC
Hi all, A while back I published a patch for PHP 5.2 and SNMP. Anyone had time to review it and if so, any comments? Could this patch be considered as a PHP 5.3 TODO item? Anything I need to do to accept the patch? Thanks. -- Best Regards, Leon -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Developm

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-12 Thread Steph Fox
It doesn't matter that the XML file is long. Each section is broken up into a separate page in the manual. I'm talking about the UPGRADE file in the source, which is plain text. Have you ever tried to read it? - Steph -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, vi

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-12 Thread Daniel Convissor
Hi Steph: > It's nothing to do with structure. "Everything" makes for a very long > file, full stop. It doesn't matter that the XML file is long. Each section is broken up into a separate page in the manual. You want the upgrade guide to contain just the things that will cause difficulties u

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-12 Thread Steph Fox
BUT perhaps some of the more complex explanations should have their own document. If it 'requires more explanation than we want to provide in the documentation' that does seem to suggest that a development perhaps DOES need better doumentation? In the manual, really. But - quite. - Steph --

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-12 Thread Steph Fox
Hi Dan, Because the guide is in the manual. The manual is the difinitive source on how to use PHP. The guide was only added directly into the manual quite recently. This is exactly what I'm trying to say; its purpose has shifted since it became part of the manual and it's lost whatever usef

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-12 Thread Steph Fox
So in summary, I feel the key point for this document is: - a single document that lists all changes - contains pointers that enables someone to look up more details in the documentation - enables people who get new "strange" error messages to find pointers towards the documentation - some leng

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-12 Thread Steph Fox
Then I guess I need to read the archives. I can't imagine why a system admin would give a damn about new language features, object model, reference changes, pdo, new error levels or how to check if a class inherits another class. They'd need to know that there had been major changes in the langu

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-12 Thread Lester Caine
Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: Hey Steph, Personally I think we should list all changes. For certain changes we should devote some explanations (like E_DEPRECATED). For the most part I see this document as a place where we provide an overview of things which then gives them the right key word to lo

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-11 Thread Daniel Convissor
Hi Steph: On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 07:02:35PM -, Steph Fox wrote: > > In the last two upgrading guides, we've repeated much of what is already > in the NEWS file or in the release notes. This makes me wonder what the > point is of having an upgrading guide...? Because the guide is in the man

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-11 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
Hey Steph, Personally I think we should list all changes. For certain changes we should devote some explanations (like E_DEPRECATED). For the most part I see this document as a place where we provide an overview of things which then gives them the right key word to look in the documentation

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-11 Thread Hannes Magnusson
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 20:55, Steph Fox wrote: > Please go back to the original discussion about the purpose of this guide. > It was aimed primarily at sysadmins. If we turn it into a prettier version Then I guess I need to read the archives. I can't imagine why a system admin would give a damn

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-11 Thread Steph Fox
An upgrade is not only about problems, it is also about solutions. You need a problem before providing a solution. Really. A kind of tutorial on how to use all the changes in a given release in your applications. It often helps to clean codes, remove work 'round, etc. An upgrade guide is often

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-11 Thread Pierre Joye
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Steph Fox wrote: >> IMHO listing new functions is useful - there could be a name collision >> with >> a function in users code (I know it is improbable, because the functions >> are >> named extname_funcname, but still possible) > > Improbable indeed. The nearest w

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-11 Thread Steph Fox
IMHO listing new functions is useful - there could be a name collision with a function in users code (I know it is improbable, because the functions are named extname_funcname, but still possible) Improbable indeed. The nearest we ever came to that was with the Date class (because PEAR alread

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-11 Thread Vesselin Kenashkov
IMHO listing new functions is useful - there could be a name collision with a function in users code (I know it is improbable, because the functions are named extname_funcname, but still possible) On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Steph Fox wrote: > > But this was actually an add-on after I put

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-11 Thread Steph Fox
But this was actually an add-on after I put the initial 5.1 upgrading guide together. A 200-line document became a 500-line document overnight, and voila - nobody reads the thing. Actually I'm wrong - that was 5.2. The 5.1 upgrade guide appears to be as-was. So again, why are we listing ne

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-11 Thread Steph Fox
Hi Hannes, Think about the online manual. In 2 years from now people should still be able to read the upgrading guide and it should still make sense without needing to hunt down random release announcements or outdated NEWS files. The upgrade which gets committed to php-src will be taken, word

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-11 Thread Hannes Magnusson
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 20:02, Steph Fox wrote: > In the last two upgrading guides, we've repeated much of what is already in > the NEWS file or in the release notes. This makes me wonder what the point > is of having an upgrading guide...? Think about the online manual. In 2 years from now peopl

Re: [PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-11 Thread Steph Fox
features in PHP syntax (exception: reserved keywords). We should focus on things that are deprecating, missing or else behave differently in some way IMHO. Comments welcome, - Steph - Original Message - From: "Lukas Kahwe Smith" To: "PHP Internals List" Sent: We

[PHP-DEV] 5.3 todos

2009-02-11 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
Hi, It seems aside from some smaller commits, the last minute closure change has gone through without issues. Our todo list however doesnt have that many checked off items: http://wiki.php.net/todo/php53#next_release_beta2rc1 To me the biggest issue is the UPGRADING README. So please approach