> -----Original Message----- > From: Rowan Collins [mailto:rowan.coll...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 12:48 AM > To: Pierre Joye; Anthony Ferrara > Cc: PHP internals > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Coercive Scalar Type Hints RFC > > On 22 February 2015 23:56:18 GMT, Pierre Joye <pierre....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >Can you all of you stop this madness with moving discussions off list? > > > >It is detestable, against almost all openness and principles behind an > >oss project like php. If we can't discuss anymore design, plans, ideas > >etc on the list then we are doomed, for good. > > I'm sorry, but I just don't agree. This list is extremely high traffic at > the > moment, and the idea that recording every word of every discussion is the > be > all and end all of an open project is nonsense. Just as the entire list > doesn't > need to hear every word you say to your rubber duck, it doesn't need to > see > every quickfire thought of a collaboration or personal debate. Saying "I > was > just chatting to X about..." isn't that far removed from "I was just > thinking > about..." > > Now, that's not to say that people should disappear off into private > discussion for weeks and emerge with a polished product; clearly, > important > points need to be brought to the list promptly, and extra views solicited. > And > if the intention of going off-list was to hide a discussion from other > participants, that is wrong. But I see no evidence of either fault here. > > It seems to me perfectly desirable for people to go away and hash a few > things out over a whiteboard or a beer, virtual or otherwise, then present > a > full and prompt summary to the wider community. Done right, it actually > gives a *better* chance for other participants to follow the discussion, > because they don't have to devote hours to reading every word, but are > instead alerted to salient points they might want to think about and > respond > to further.
I literally couldn't have put it better myself. Wholeheartedly agree. Zeev -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
