Hi all, In the time Wil led the ZF project we have seen almost a 12x increase in ZF downloads excluding 3rd party distribution vehicles. We also saw a significant increase in adoption of ZF in the largest of organizations. These and many other accomplishments are a testament of the progress ZF has made under Wil's leadership.
Given the recent leadership change at Zend it made most sense to move the ownership of the project over to the CTO, Zeev. Matthew will have the opportunity to step up into this new role and leave his own marks on the project as has every previous leader. Wil will continue to work for me directly on other strategic projects Zend is currently looking at so he will be not very far away. Please join me in thanking Wil and welcoming Matthew into his new role. Andi > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Weier O'Phinney [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [fw-general] Zend Framework team reorganization > > Greetings! > > The Zend Framework team has undergone some internal reorganization > recently which will have some bearing on the project. > > First, the team now reports to Zeev Suraski, Zend's CTO. Please welcome > him to the lists! > > Additionally, Wil Sinclair is ending his tenure as the Zend Framework > team leader. During his time as project lead, Zend Framework has made > tremendous progress in becoming the de-facto standard for PHP > development, with several significant achievements: > > * The 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7 releases, as well as the recent 1.8 preview > release > * Helped support and build partnerships with the Dojo Foundation, > Adobe, and others > * Introduction of agile methodologies to the ZF team > * Usage of social networking media as an additional support vector > > I'd like to thank Wil for his contributions to the Zend Framework > project! > > Finally, I am pleased to announce my own promotion to the position of > Project Lead. I have worked with Andi and Zeev in recent weeks to > define > how I will approach this role, and have emphasized during that time the > need to address and respond to community concerns. > > Following the 1.8 release, the team will be focussing on items such as > whiddling down the bug backlog, improving documentation, and writing > tutorials. Additionally, we will be outlining and scoping upcoming > releases in order to publish a public roadmap for the project. Part of > this effort will include some work to make the proposal process easier > and more transparent. The hope is that having published milestones will > help focus user contributions, both in terms of new features and > stabilizing the framework. > > I look forward to working with each and every one of you, and welcome > your feedback! > > -- > Matthew Weier O'Phinney > Project Lead | [email protected] > Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/
