Pierre, With all due respect, there are plenty of things already in trunk to make it a worth while effort to start planning the 5.4 release. Just because you disagree, an opinion you are entitled to (like everyone else), does not mean it is a no go, last I checked no one had veto powers on the future release process. Johannes had already outlined a number of major features/changes in 5.4 branch that are IMHO are definitely enough to start thinking about a new version. Waiting until we got every feature, idea considered will take an indefinite amount of time and unlikely to result in a release. Additionally, a really BIG 5.4 with tons of features will take that much longer to make stable that something with a more manageable changeset. 5.4 is not the *last* PHP release, there will defiantly be others and those version can encompass features that didn't make it into 5.4.
The "strict type / type hinting" discussion aside there definitely appears to be a consensus among the core devs that 5.4 release process should start. On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Stas Malyshev <smalys...@sugarcrm.com> > wrote: > >> It'd be alpha, you have enough time. > > Is it really the new way to do things in php.net? Totally ignore other > developers, discuss things privately, act like the last of the last > and drop a mail to "officially" announce a new release/big change? And > then we feel forced to act? > > I cannot talk for the other, but for me it is a no-go, period. > > I'm totally against an alpha at this stage. Not before we have > clarified all we need to get a clean release. > > Cheers, > -- > Pierre > > @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
