From: Andrey Andreev <[email protected]> Sent: Sep 29, 2014 3:01 PM To: Sharon Levy <[email protected]> Cc: Zeev Suraski <[email protected]>, Derick Rethans <[email protected]>, Andrea Faulds <[email protected]>, PHP internals <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Is it fair that people with no karma can vote on RFCs?
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 12:28 AM, Sharon Levy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think in all fairness, users should be required to learn C and pass a > >> test > >> demonstrating basic knowledge of PHP's internals in order to acquire voting > >> privileges. > > > >So, in order to vote, users should become (capable of being) core > >contributors? :) > >How does that change anything? > > > >Cheers, > >Andrey. "... the important truths, that knolege is power, that knolege is safety, and that knolege is happiness." -- Thomas Jefferson If more users were educated about PHP's internals, then there could be more substantive discussions between Userland and core contributors, including better ideas originating from Userland. More users might even consider becoming core contributors. It would change the status quo.
