On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 12:36 PM Zeev Suraski <z...@php.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 at 17:45 Mark Randall <marand...@php.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi Internals,
> >
> > I put forward the following RFC "Deprecate Backtick Operator (V2)" for
> > discussion.
> >
>
>
> Mark, all,
>
> I’m not sure what planetary alignment or moon phase triggered this recent
> compatibility-breaking onslaught, but it can’t go on like this.  The fact
> we have to repeatedly work to *keep things working* is an unacceptable
> waste of too many people’s time.
>
> When you joined as contributors, you made an informed decision to join an
> existing project that isn’t starting from scratch.  You’re ~20 years too
> late for these kinds of discussions.  This ship has sailed so long ago it’s
> in the outskirts of the Milky Way by now.  Contributions are welcome, but
> an endless stream of deprecation proposals that bring absolutely no new
> evidence to the table are not contributions.  This RFC, indeed, falls
> squarely within that category.
>
> All, please focus on adding value to PHP instead of finding ways to break
> perfectly working code, even if it’s code you don’t particularly like.
>
> Zeev
>

We seem to be experiencing something of a philosophical clash with regard
to deprecation.  Perhaps we should attempt to establish some general
guidelines for deprecation as a group?

--Kris

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