On 20 July 2014 00:26, Andrea Faulds <a...@ajf.me> wrote: > Good evening, > > It is finally time to settle this matter once and for all. What shall be > the name of the next release of PHP: PHP 6 or PHP 7? >
It might be just me, but the whole RFC actually seems particularly one-sided. The argument for PHP 6 is very short and reads half-baked. The overwhelming majority of this very short section of the RFC is spent describing how naming the release “PHP 6” will be a problem, with a very wishy-washy conclusion that the author “expects” and “thinks” it won’t end up being a problem. The PHP 6 section makes no attempt to provide counter points to things mentioned in the following section, nor really attempts to make *any* strong point at all. As for the PHP 7 section, this is by far the dominant part of the RFC. Both in terms of physical presence, but also points and counter-points. It also contains, IMO unnecessarily, light-hearted and jokey comments not befitting an RFC — unless you see the RFC as a joke too ;) — about 6 being a failed version in other software, and 7 a lucky number. Seriously?.. The RFC as a whole is very light on trying to summarise, or at least provide reference to, the history of "PHP 6” and discussions around it. This is disappointing, if the aim was to see a balanced summary of previous discussions. However, this particular gripe is a common issue with our RFCs as a whole. Personally, regardless of the content of the RFC, I feel that the choice is obvious. I’m just a little concerned about the lack of quality from both “sides” in presenting their argument(s), or not. > > The poll is now open: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php6#vote > > Voting shall end in a week’s time on 2014-07-27. > > Thanks! > -- > Andrea Faulds > http://ajf.me/ > > > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
