Re: [PHP-DEV] 8.0 is not 10 years away

2015-01-21 Thread Rowan Collins
Ralf Lang wrote on 20/01/2015 23:23: On 20.01.2015 22:27, Rowan Collins wrote: Hi All! Occasionally, in various discussions, waiting for the next major release is described as "maybe another 10 years", but I think that's a very pessimistic prediction. It's more reasonable to expect it in half t

Re: [PHP-DEV] 8.0 is not 10 years away

2015-01-21 Thread Lester Caine
On 21/01/15 03:19, Levi Morrison wrote: > That aside, I sure hope that PHP 8 is not another ten years after PHP 7 :) Accepting that PHP5.4 was essentially when PHP6 level of breakages occurred then one is generally in line with the 5/6 year cycle anyway! -- Lester Caine - G8HFL -

Re: [PHP-DEV] 8.0 is not 10 years away

2015-01-20 Thread Levi Morrison
> Occasionally, in various discussions, waiting for the next major release is > described as "maybe another 10 years", but I think that's a very pessimistic > prediction. It's more reasonable to expect it in half that time, around > 2020, and that is what we should base our decisions on. I am fair