Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-15 Thread Pierre Joye
hi Zeev, On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Zeev Suraski 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 prop

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-15 Thread Dmitry Stogov
If we aren't able to fix a low-level problem in a year we most probably won't be able to fix it in two as well. Also, the closer we are to release, the more feedback we get, and the more bugs are able to fix. Delaying release would just reduce the attention of the users. Thanks. Dmitry. On Tue,

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-15 Thread Julien Pauli
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:39 AM, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > On 10/14/2014 05:20 PM, Tjerk Meesters wrote: >> >> On 15 Oct 2014, at 01:24, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: >> >>> On 10/14/2014 10:14 AM, Stas Malyshev wrote: Hi! > IMO, AST, INT64, NG, Uniforme variables style is enough for a new >

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
On 10/14/2014 05:20 PM, Tjerk Meesters wrote: > > On 15 Oct 2014, at 01:24, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > >> On 10/14/2014 10:14 AM, Stas Malyshev wrote: >>> Hi! >>> IMO, AST, INT64, NG, Uniforme variables style is enough for a new marjor version.. why we still need to wait? >>> >>> We don'

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Tjerk Meesters
On 15 Oct 2014, at 01:24, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > On 10/14/2014 10:14 AM, Stas Malyshev wrote: >> Hi! >> >>> IMO, AST, INT64, NG, Uniforme variables style is enough for a new >>> marjor version.. why we still need to wait? >> >> We don't need to just "wait", as sit and do nothing. We need to

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Jonathan Wage
I like the 1 year timeline. It is an aggressive but achievable goal. On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:08 AM, Zeev Suraski 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 concre

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
On 10/14/2014 10:14 AM, Stas Malyshev wrote: > Hi! > >> IMO, AST, INT64, NG, Uniforme variables style is enough for a new >> marjor version.. why we still need to wait? > > We don't need to just "wait", as sit and do nothing. We need to allocate > time for other features. There are also quite a

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Stas Malyshev
Hi! > IMO, AST, INT64, NG, Uniforme variables style is enough for a new > marjor version.. why we still need to wait? We don't need to just "wait", as sit and do nothing. We need to allocate time for other features. > New features which missed PHP7.0, they can target at 7.1 instead. Only featu

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Jonny Stirling
On 14/10/14 13:59, Zeev Suraski wrote: That depends on the feature in question. The only features/changes that simply cannot make it into non-major releases are ones that break compatibility. Ideally there shouldn't be too many of those, regardless of our release timeline - to make the lives o

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Leigh
On 14 October 2014 09:46, Julien Pauli wrote: > > 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. > If we allow two years for development there will be too many changes to make adoption

RE: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Zeev Suraski
> -Original Message- > From: Rowan Collins [mailto:rowan.coll...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 3:30 PM > To: internals@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline > > Jonny Stirling wrote (on 14/10/2014): > > At the same t

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Rowan Collins
Jonny Stirling wrote (on 14/10/2014): At the same time, which I think has been discussed before, perhaps it's time for a regular major release cycle (regular as in x (2-3?) years) so that there is a timescale for when new changes (or ones that might be intentionally or unintentionally missed /

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Lester Caine
On 14/10/14 11:06, Jonny Stirling wrote: > At the same time, which I think has been discussed before, perhaps it's > time for a regular major release cycle (regular as in x (2-3?) years) so > that there is a timescale for when new changes (or ones that might be > intentionally or unintentionally mi

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Jonny Stirling
Hi: On 14/10/14 10:48, Julien Pauli wrote: Makes sense, however, we should absolutely be sure to integrate every BC idea we'd like to into 7.0 If not , one will have to wait something like 10 years if we don't allow BC breaks in 7.X minors. I have to agree with Zeev that we shouldn't wait for t

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Julien Pauli
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Zeev Suraski wrote: >> 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. > > Not every idea we have needs to go into 7.0. Specifically, only ideas t

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Dmitry Stogov
I think 1 year is reasonable timeline. We still have 5 month for active development and implementation of new ideas. I think https://wiki.php.net/ideas/php6/engine is a bit outdated. I'm not sure if anyone are going to work on proposals from 2009 (even if they are great). It would be great to def

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Xinchen Hui
Hey: On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Stas Malyshev wrote: > Hi! > >> we should freeze new features by the end of this year. then we could >> release 7 asap > > I think this is way too aggressive. This means basically next to nothing > that is not already has prepared RC gets into 7, since only d

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Stas Malyshev
Hi! > we should freeze new features by the end of this year. then we could > release 7 asap I think this is way too aggressive. This means basically next to nothing that is not already has prepared RC gets into 7, since only discussion + vote would take at least a month for anything substantial,

RE: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Zeev Suraski
> 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. Not every idea we have needs to go into 7.0. Specifically, only ideas that require compatibility breakage have to go into 7.0, others

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Pierre Joye
hi Zeev, On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Zeev Suraski 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 prop

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Stas Malyshev
Hi! > do you remember how PHP6 dies? I do. We failed to implement proper Unicode support. How is it relevant now? -- Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/ -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsu

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Xinchen Hui
And: On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Julien Pauli wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Xinchen Hui wrote: >> Hey: >> >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Zeev Suraski wrote: >>> All, >>> >>> >>> >>> We’ve had some discussions about it during the version name & phpng RFC >>> processes, and

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Xinchen Hui
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Julien Pauli wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Xinchen Hui wrote: >> Hey: >> >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Zeev Suraski wrote: >>> All, >>> >>> >>> >>> We’ve had some discussions about it during the version name & phpng RFC >>> processes, and now t

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Julien Pauli
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Xinchen Hui wrote: > Hey: > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Zeev Suraski 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 concr

Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: PHP 7.0 timeline

2014-10-14 Thread Xinchen Hui
Hey: On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Zeev Suraski 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