Andrea, I'm sure this thread will explode shortly, but all the best in whatever you will do with the newly free time.
Paddy On 15 February 2015 at 21:21, Andrea Faulds <a...@ajf.me> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > For my own reasons, I have decided to cease my involvement with PHP > development. This isn’t a judgement of the PHP community nor the internals > mailing list, you’re all wonderful people and it’s really been a pleasure, > and I mean that completely honestly. However, this has ended up taking up too > much of my time (which is my own fault, and my own fault alone) and I can’t > really justify it to myself anymore. > > So, I’m no longer contributing to PHP, and all four active RFCs authored by > myself are therefore withdrawn: Scalar Type Hints, Spaceship/Combined > Comparison Operator, Void Return Type, Big Integer Support. > > The first two were in voting, so the votes have been cancelled. > > If anyone would like to pick up from where I left off with any of these RFCs, > they are very much welcome to - there is no need to consult me first (and > it’s probably for the best if you don’t). The Spaceship/Combined Comparison > Operator RFC was also authored by Davey Shafik, so ask him if you want to > revive that one. > > I’m sorry about this, but it can’t be helped. I’d rather move on to other > things. I would stick around to finish everything up before I leave, but I > just don’t have the time nor the motivation to finish everything. I apologise > for that, especially for Scalar Type Hints as I realise this is something a > lot of developers were looking forward to. > > I’d leave quietly, but since this affects active RFCs, I need to announce it > somewhere. > > So, thank you, PHP community. It has been a wonderful 2 years. > > Goodbye. > > -- > Andrea Faulds > http://ajf.me/ > > > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- -- Pádraic Brady http://blog.astrumfutura.com http://www.survivethedeepend.com Zend Framework Community Review Team Zend Framework PHP-FIG Representative -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
