> >Also bare in mind that a very large percentage of the developers don't
> >*want* to be forced to change their code, and consider it to be a
>
> Who's forcing anybody to update anyway?
>
> >misfeature in the language if it breaks downwards compatibility in between
> >releases, regardless of whether they get a clear notification about it or not.
>
> It seems like everybody just ignores my emails..oh well. So I can rant
> again. >:-p
>
> Have you ever heard that you can also change that number in the middle?
> 4.0.6
> This one----^
>
> It can be something else than an ellipse called zero..it can even be a
> number 1!!! Whoa! Never thougth about that?!
Sure, but a version number if quite arbitrary and the way we have always
done this is to consider the second digit for large changes. The fact
that we haven't had a .1 yet is not really relevant. I don't see why you
are making such a big deal out of a version number.
> Or is that number in the middle reserved for something special? Something
> the 'group' only know of and don't want to tell us lower class people?
> Maybe the 'group' could take their thumbs out of their asses and
> start DOING something? And maybe they could start listening to new ideas
> for once and a while. Or is the 'group' nowadays only Zeev/Andi ?
>
> It would be really nice to hear from the other members of the 'group' also
> as it really seems like the only ones speaking for it are Zeev/Andi..
>
> Or could someone please define the function of this mysterious 'group' ?
> (And please, someone else than Zeev/Andi.. :)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is just for administrative purposes. Licensing issues and
such. The main day-to-day thing done by [EMAIL PROTECTED] is sys-admin stuff
like keeping all the *.php.net machines and services working, managing cvs
accounts, etc. Lots of grunt work. All relevant development discussion
is done on php-dev. Occasionally we will discuss development stuff
internally, but that is more because we know each other well and want to
bounce ideas off of each other before we make idiots of ourselves on
php-dev.
It is not some elite high-and-mighty group that make arbitrary decisions.
It is simply a small group of core PHP people who have been involved with
PHP development for a long time.
-Rasmus
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