Re: [PHP-DEV] Problems with the mailing list [was: Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs]

2021-07-23 Thread Mike Schinkel
> On Jul 20, 2021, at 3:44 AM, Lynn wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 9:33 AM Peter Bowyer > wrote: > >> I have now been contacted by 2 people who tried multiple times to join this >> mailing list and cannot. >> >> It took me 5 weeks for my signup to work. During that time I emailed the >>

Re: [PHP-DEV] Problems with the mailing list [was: Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs]

2021-07-22 Thread Mike Schinkel
> On Jul 22, 2021, at 1:53 PM, Tiffany Taylor > wrote: > > Forwarding this to internals because I mistakenly replied to an email > directly. > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 2:33 AM Peter Bowyer > wrote: > Currently there are people with voting permissions that do vote, yet do >> not

Fwd: [PHP-DEV] Problems with the mailing list [was: Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs]

2021-07-22 Thread Tiffany Taylor
Forwarding this to internals because I mistakenly replied to an email directly. On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 2:33 AM Peter Bowyer wrote: > > > Currently there are people with voting permissions that do vote, yet do > not interact with RFCs or the mailing list. > > On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 23:34, Bob

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-21 Thread Mike Schinkel
> On Jul 20, 2021, at 9:39 AM, Rowan Tommins wrote: > > When decisions are just a matter of bikeshedding, or deciding what "style" > the language should have, there is a strong argument for general democracy, > and a strong voice for those who use the language. > > But some decisions have

Re: [PHP-DEV] Problems with the mailing list [was: Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs]

2021-07-20 Thread Bob Magic
i can't prove that i was shadowbanned but after a huge fight with someone on this mailing list, i stopped getting all responses from it, even just general help commands, for about 6 years. mysteriously it just started working again last year with nothing done on my part, and here i am, right where

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-20 Thread Matthew Brown
On Sun, 18 Jul 2021 at 14:47, Tobias Nyholm wrote: > There has not been many (maybe just one or two) RFCs where I wished the > vote turned out the other way. > This was the reason that I did *not* think that I needed a vote, as a prolific PHP coder — while individual voters might be voting the

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-20 Thread Andreas Heigl
Hey Mike Am 20.07.21 um 15:11 schrieb Mike Schinkel: >> On Jul 20, 2021, at 8:55 AM, Andreas Heigl wrote: >> >> Hey Mike >> >> Thank you for your feedback! >> >> Am 20.07.21 um 11:57 schrieb Mike Schinkel: >>> Quoting the RFC >>> the requester has contributed to the PHP sourcecode

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-20 Thread Rowan Tommins
On 20/07/2021 06:37, Tobias Nyholm wrote: I also saw suggestions that one has to be a good core developer to be able to influence PHP. I find it particularly strange if it would be a requirement. When decisions are just a matter of bikeshedding, or deciding what "style" the language should

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-20 Thread Mike Schinkel
> On Jul 20, 2021, at 8:55 AM, Andreas Heigl wrote: > > Hey Mike > > Thank you for your feedback! > > Am 20.07.21 um 11:57 schrieb Mike Schinkel: >> Quoting the RFC >> >>> the requester has contributed to the PHP sourcecode ecosystem. >> >> You mention what types of contributions apply, but

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-20 Thread Andreas Heigl
Hey Mike Thank you for your feedback! Am 20.07.21 um 11:57 schrieb Mike Schinkel: > Quoting the RFC > >> the requester has contributed to the PHP sourcecode ecosystem. > > You mention what types of contributions apply, but give no indication of > quantity. If someone fixes one bug, does that

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-20 Thread Chase Peeler
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 2:22 AM Andreas Heigl wrote: > Hey All > > Am 19.07.21 um 17:02 schrieb Andreas Heigl: > > Hey All > > > > Am 19.07.21 um 16:34 schrieb Levi Morrison via internals: > >> On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 2:38 AM Nikita Popov > wrote: > >>> > >>> On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 8:48 PM

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-20 Thread Andreas Heigl
Hey Hamza Am 20.07.21 um 13:12 schrieb Hamza Ahmad: > I am not going to critique the RFC; rather, I say that this RFC needs > a fresh rewrite because I find more like it a set of instructions. The > proposal needs to be a detailed one. It seams as if it is written > hastily. As noted in the

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-20 Thread Hamza Ahmad
I am not going to critique the RFC; rather, I say that this RFC needs a fresh rewrite because I find more like it a set of instructions. The proposal needs to be a detailed one. It seams as if it is written hastily. As Tobias has mentioned that he has been reading the RFCs for years, there is a

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-20 Thread Aleksander Machniak
On 20.07.2021 08:22, Andreas Heigl wrote: > the requester has contributed to the PHP sourcecode ecosystem. That can be (but is not limited to): >Contributions to the PHP-Sources >Contributions to the Documentation or the Translation >Triage, solve or otherwise interact with bugs

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-20 Thread Mike Schinkel
Quoting the RFC > the requester has contributed to the PHP sourcecode ecosystem. You mention what types of contributions apply, but give no indication of quantity. If someone fixes one bug, does that give them voting rights? I would assume not. So is it two bugs, 10 bugs, 100? > these

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-20 Thread Andreas Heigl
Hey Jordan, Hey All. Am 20.07.21 um 10:07 schrieb Jordan LeDoux: > Another aspect that I thought about after reading your draft was a way to > structurally avoid concerns about stacking. I don't believe that there > would necessarily be overt efforts to grant karma to individuals to push >

Re: [PHP-DEV] Problems with the mailing list [was: Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs]

2021-07-20 Thread Lynn
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 10:50 AM Bruce Weirdan wrote: > On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 10:45 AM Lynn wrote: > > I'm also still receiving a bunch of messages from > > the mailing list in my spam folder (gmail), and there's not much I can do > > about it. > > I fixed it in Gmail with a filter like this:

Re: [PHP-DEV] Problems with the mailing list [was: Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs]

2021-07-20 Thread Bruce Weirdan
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 10:45 AM Lynn wrote: > I'm also still receiving a bunch of messages from > the mailing list in my spam folder (gmail), and there's not much I can do > about it. I fixed it in Gmail with a filter like this: Matches (goes into 'Has words' field):

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-20 Thread Jordan LeDoux
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 11:23 PM Andreas Heigl wrote: > Hey All > > Am 19.07.21 um 17:02 schrieb Andreas Heigl: > > Hey All > > > > Am 19.07.21 um 16:34 schrieb Levi Morrison via internals: > >> On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 2:38 AM Nikita Popov > wrote: > >>> > >>> On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 8:48 PM

Re: [PHP-DEV] Problems with the mailing list [was: Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs]

2021-07-20 Thread Lynn
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 9:33 AM Peter Bowyer wrote: > I have now been contacted by 2 people who tried multiple times to join this > mailing list and cannot. > > It took me 5 weeks for my signup to work. During that time I emailed the > different @php.net mailboxes related to infrastructure

[PHP-DEV] Problems with the mailing list [was: Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs]

2021-07-20 Thread Peter Bowyer
> > Currently there are people with voting permissions that do vote, yet do not interact with RFCs or the mailing list. On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 23:34, Bob Magic wrote: > i'd say we need something more modern and transparent than this old mailing > list, but i completely lack a suggestion that

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-20 Thread Andreas Heigl
Hey All Am 19.07.21 um 17:02 schrieb Andreas Heigl: > Hey All > > Am 19.07.21 um 16:34 schrieb Levi Morrison via internals: >> On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 2:38 AM Nikita Popov wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 8:48 PM Tobias Nyholm >>> wrote: >>> Hey. I would like to get karma to be

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Tobias Nyholm
Thank you all for your input. I understand that I should be more active on the mailing list to get some history. I think that is reasonable, but I don’t see why that is important. I’m not applying based on my C skills, knowledge of processes or my previous technical arguments. So, I can only

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Hamza Ahmad
> Sounds like we need an RFC to make it clearer how voting karma for the > RFC process will be granted in the future. Yes, I agree. I would love to join that team, which is going to prepare this RFC. Plus, I have shared some of the ideas in the previous message. Best Hamza On 7/19/21, Andreas

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Bob Magic
> Currently there are people with voting permissions that do vote, yet do not interact with RFCs or the mailing list. it does not help that depending on how you get the mailing list (like me, in digest form) its almost impossible to actually chime in. just to reply to this i have done about 13

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Andreas Heigl
Hey All Am 19.07.21 um 16:34 schrieb Levi Morrison via internals: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 2:38 AM Nikita Popov wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 8:48 PM Tobias Nyholm >> wrote: >> >>> Hey. >>> I would like to get karma to be able to vote on RFCs. I understand that >>> voting karma isn’t

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Levi Morrison via internals
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 2:38 AM Nikita Popov wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 8:48 PM Tobias Nyholm > wrote: > > > Hey. > > I would like to get karma to be able to vote on RFCs. I understand that > > voting karma isn’t usually given out to people who write their first > > mailing list entry. >

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Hamza Ahmad
Hello all, Tobias wants to obtain a right that lets him represent the community in the RFCs' approval. Tobias, as for the feature requests, you can discuss and propose your own ideas. You can also obtain RFC karma to propose your ideas and contribute to the language. As for the people that are

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Kalle Sommer Nielsen
Den man. 19. jul. 2021 kl. 13.14 skrev Lynn : > Currently there are people with voting permissions that do vote, yet do not > interact with RFCs or the mailing list. Regardless of the reasons one may > have for wanting to vote, the requirements given should be applied equally if > this is the

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Benjamin Morel
> > I know I’m not a “project leader” for any of the handful large PHP > projects. I also know that I am far from the “top 1000 best developers” > list. But I know that there are not many people (if any) that have a larger > impact of user-land PHP right now. > > (I do acknowledge that there are

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Lynn
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 11:47 AM Kalle Sommer Nielsen wrote: > Why is it then fair to give them voting rights if they only contribute > their vote but not words before hand? Why is it only possible to give > feedback in terms of a +1 or -1 and not feedback in text form? Because > if its only

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Kalle Sommer Nielsen
Den man. 19. jul. 2021 kl. 12.11 skrev Lynn : > I fully agree with this, as a developer I do not want to worry about low > level php changes that do not directly impact me. Therefore I think that > people who do get impacted by this (for example open-source package > managers), at least get a

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Lynn
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 10:33 AM Pierre wrote: > Le 19/07/2021 à 10:11, Lynn a écrit : > > A vast majority of proprietary code depends on open-source community > > written by the community. > > All your arguments are good ones, even if in my position I don't agree > with everything.

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Nikita Popov
On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 8:48 PM Tobias Nyholm wrote: > Hey. > I would like to get karma to be able to vote on RFCs. I understand that > voting karma isn’t usually given out to people who write their first > mailing list entry. > > But I do believe I qualify as “Lead developers of PHP based

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Pierre
Le 19/07/2021 à 10:11, Lynn a écrit : A vast majority of proprietary code depends on open-source community written by the community. All your arguments are good ones, even if in my position I don't agree with everything. Nevertheless, I specifically don't agree with this one: a lot of

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Lynn
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 9:41 AM Pierre wrote: > - For once, I'm writing PHP since PHP 3, and doing it professionally > for more than 15 years, I wrote PHP code 8+ hours a day for the latest > 15 years (more or less), I'm one of the many silent users for which each > language feature change

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-19 Thread Pierre
Le 18/07/2021 à 22:46, Kalle Sommer Nielsen a écrit : Hi Den søn. 18. jul. 2021 kl. 21.47 skrev Tobias Nyholm : Hey. I would like to get karma to be able to vote on RFCs. I understand that voting karma isn’t usually given out to people who write their first mailing list entry. I'm not

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-18 Thread Stanislav Malyshev
Hi! I think PHP’s biggest strength is its large and active community. But in my opinion, PHP (source/internals) often miss to benefit from our great community. I am happy to help making changes, but I feel like it is an impossible task for me… I mean, I cannot even update an outdated wiki

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-18 Thread Tobias Nyholm
Thank you Kalle for the reply. I do admire and respect Ondřej and his work on PHPStan. He is really talented and from what I hear a really nice person. But please don’t confuse Ondřej’s 8 packages with over 100.000 monthly downloads with my 50 packages plus another 100 in the Symfony

Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-18 Thread Kalle Sommer Nielsen
Hi Den søn. 18. jul. 2021 kl. 21.47 skrev Tobias Nyholm : > > Hey. > I would like to get karma to be able to vote on RFCs. I understand that > voting karma isn’t usually given out to people who write their first mailing > list entry. I'm not comfortable with this if this is indeed your first

[PHP-DEV] Request for karma to vote on RFCs

2021-07-18 Thread Tobias Nyholm
Hey. I would like to get karma to be able to vote on RFCs. I understand that voting karma isn’t usually given out to people who write their first mailing list entry. But I do believe I qualify as “Lead developers of PHP based projects (frameworks, cms, tools, etc.)” For those of you who