Zeev Suraski <z...@zend.com> schrieb am Di., 17. Juli 2018, 00:10: > > Based on the feedback we received, we have decided to target PHP 7.4 for > this > > RFC. A main factor for this decision was that the RFC requires some > non-trivial > > changes to 3rd-party extensions for full compatibility. This would put > the > > ongoing (but nearly complete) effort to port extensions to PHP 7.3 back > to > > square one. > > As I mentioned beforehand, I think it's good it wasn't rushed into 7.3 and > at the same time sorry it's not being targeted for 8.0. > > > Now that the target version is decided and the last open questions in > the RFC > > have been resolved, we plan to open voting tomorrow. > > IMHO one of the key reasons for not putting it into 7.3 was the fact that > very little discussion about the actual proposal actually happened because > it arrived so late in the 7.3 release cycle. Most of the discussion under > the Typed Properties thread actually had to do with whether or not it > should go into 7.3, 7.4 or 8.0 - and not about the specifics of the > proposal. I skimmed through the thread and found just a handful of > responses that dealt with the specific of the proposals - most of them > unanswered (unless I'm missing some internals email somehow). > > With this in mind, I think that now that the meta parts are finalized, we > should allow a bit more time for real meaningful discussion about the > proposal to happen. I understand that you don't want to delay this to a > later time in the 7.4 process, but delaying it by a week or so will allow > people to actually review the proposal in more detail without the > uncertainty that surrounded it beforehand - and perhaps have their concerns > addressed. Given that 7.4's finalization date is a year away, and there > are no conflicting RFCs in the queue - a week will not have any sort of > negative influence on the proposal, but might have some positive impact on > its contents. > > Zeev >
I'd also like to ask for a further discussion period. Seems like there is quite some discussion going on right now. Regards, Niklas >
