Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-16 Thread Ferenc Kovacs
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 12:32 AM, Johannes Schlüter johan...@schlueters.de wrote: On Mon, 2014-12-15 at 21:08 +0100, Ferenc Kovacs wrote: there are two advantages for having 5.7 and having those deprecated messages in 5.7: 1, if we introduce the deprecated message in 5.6.x, some people

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-16 Thread Jan Ehrhardt
Patrick Schaaf in php.internals (Mon, 15 Dec 2014 21:36:33 +0100): Now with PHP 7 promising potential for incompatibilities in a lot more areas, it would be, to us, a really useful option to have a 5.7 that is operationally fully compatible with 5.6 with added E_DEPRECATED for things bound to

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-15 Thread Derick Rethans
On Fri, 12 Dec 2014, Ferenc Kovacs wrote: On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Derick Rethans der...@php.net wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2014, Julien Pauli wrote: So the main question is : *What version will we release next year ?* Will we have a PHP 5.7, or jump directly to a 7.0 ?

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-15 Thread Derick Rethans
On Sat, 13 Dec 2014, Pierre Joye wrote: On Dec 12, 2014 9:34 PM, Derick Rethans der...@php.net wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2014, Julien Pauli wrote: So the main question is : *What version will we release next year ?* Will we have a PHP 5.7, or jump directly to a 7.0 ? Don't

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-15 Thread Pierre Joye
On Dec 15, 2014 11:53 PM, Derick Rethans der...@php.net wrote: On Sat, 13 Dec 2014, Pierre Joye wrote: On Dec 12, 2014 9:34 PM, Derick Rethans der...@php.net wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2014, Julien Pauli wrote: So the main question is : *What version will we release next year ?*

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-15 Thread Rowan Collins
Pierre Joye wrote on 15/12/2014 17:39: I hate to say that but if we stick to rules, this rfc and its result are totally invalid and should be canceled. What a bonkers statement. Just because you don't agree it's not totally invalid. I think 34 vs 2 is a pretty solid argument for sticking to

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-15 Thread Adam Harvey
On 12 December 2014 at 23:19, Zeev Suraski z...@zend.com wrote: 3. Last (and probably least) - a 5.7 that breaks compatibility is inconsistent with our version strategy, that suggests 5.7 should be fully compatible with 5.6. Whoa — I'm not talking about breaking compatibility. I'm talking

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-15 Thread Adam Harvey
On 15 December 2014 at 08:51, Derick Rethans der...@php.net wrote: Yes, I disagree. It's a time thing. Let's all work on one thing instead of *two*. Clearly you must see that there is not enough bandwidth? It will also prevent people from oh we can get this into 5.7 nonsense. It's not helpful,

RE: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-15 Thread Zeev Suraski
-Original Message- From: Adam Harvey [mailto:a...@adamharvey.name] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 8:06 PM To: Zeev Suraski Cc: PHP Internals Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ? On 12 December 2014 at 23:19, Zeev Suraski z...@zend.com wrote: 3. Last

RE: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-15 Thread Zeev Suraski
-Original Message- From: a...@adamharvey.name [mailto:a...@adamharvey.name] On Behalf Of Adam Harvey Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 8:12 PM To: Derick Rethans Cc: PHP Internals Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ? On 15 December 2014 at 08:51, Derick Rethans

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-15 Thread Ferenc Kovacs
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Zeev Suraski z...@zend.com wrote: -Original Message- From: a...@adamharvey.name [mailto:a...@adamharvey.name] On Behalf Of Adam Harvey Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 8:12 PM To: Derick Rethans Cc: PHP Internals Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV

RE: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-15 Thread Patrick Schaaf
Am 15.12.2014 20:43 schrieb Zeev Suraski z...@zend.com: The extra pain associated with migrating to an interim version - that does nothing but spew warnings in the right places -and obviously doesn't have any of the other features of 7 - doesn't seem to be a worthwhile experience for most

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-15 Thread Lester Caine
On 15/12/14 20:08, Ferenc Kovacs wrote: there are two advantages for having 5.7 and having those deprecated messages in 5.7: 1, if we introduce the deprecated message in 5.6.x, some people will miss it (for example debian jessie has 5.6.2) 2, would allow us to stabilize 5.6 instead of keep

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-15 Thread Johannes Schlüter
On Mon, 2014-12-15 at 21:08 +0100, Ferenc Kovacs wrote: there are two advantages for having 5.7 and having those deprecated messages in 5.7: 1, if we introduce the deprecated message in 5.6.x, some people will miss it (for example debian jessie has 5.6.2) So you want Debian to upgrade to 5.7

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-15 Thread Andrea Faulds
Hi, On 15 Dec 2014, at 23:32, Johannes Schlüter johan...@schlueters.de wrote: On Mon, 2014-12-15 at 21:08 +0100, Ferenc Kovacs wrote: there are two advantages for having 5.7 and having those deprecated messages in 5.7: 1, if we introduce the deprecated message in 5.6.x, some people will

RE: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-13 Thread Pierre Joye
On Dec 13, 2014 2:19 PM, Zeev Suraski z...@zend.com wrote: Levi, Andrea, Adam, and others that suggested we can do 5.7 in parallel while sticking to the 7.0 timeline: 1. I was replying to Julien. Julien said in at least 3 different places in his email that if we do 5.7, we'll clearly not

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-12 Thread Leigh
On 12 December 2014 at 13:45, Julien Pauli jpa...@php.net wrote: - If we go for 7.0 : I wouldn't mind delaying its release to November(2015) if needed, its a major, extra care should be taken. However, not later : our release process status for 2 years of active life , if 7.0 were to be

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-12 Thread Ferenc Kovacs
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Julien Pauli jpa...@php.net wrote: Hi people. Ferenc and I, actual RM of 5.5 and 5.6 , were discussing the calendar today on IRC. Let's start with facts : - We release new PHP versions (major or minor) on summer. Usually, if we can have it end of June, it

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-12 Thread Derick Rethans
On Fri, 12 Dec 2014, Julien Pauli wrote: So the main question is : *What version will we release next year ?* Will we have a PHP 5.7, or jump directly to a 7.0 ? Don't forget, that if we go for a 5.7 , then we won't have a 7.0 at least one year later. We have accepted the timeline for

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-12 Thread Ferenc Kovacs
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Derick Rethans der...@php.net wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2014, Julien Pauli wrote: So the main question is : *What version will we release next year ?* Will we have a PHP 5.7, or jump directly to a 7.0 ? Don't forget, that if we go for a 5.7 , then we won't

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-12 Thread Julien Pauli
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Ferenc Kovacs tyr...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Derick Rethans der...@php.net wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2014, Julien Pauli wrote: So the main question is : *What version will we release next year ?* Will we have a PHP 5.7, or jump

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-12 Thread Pierre Joye
On Dec 12, 2014 9:34 PM, Derick Rethans der...@php.net wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2014, Julien Pauli wrote: So the main question is : *What version will we release next year ?* Will we have a PHP 5.7, or jump directly to a 7.0 ? Don't forget, that if we go for a 5.7 , then we won't have a

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-12 Thread Levi Morrison
Just because we are releasing PHP 7.0 next year (well, according to our timeline anyway) that doesn't mean we can't release a 5.7. The advantage of PHP 5.7 is clear to me at least: it would extend support for the 5.X series by another year, get bug fixes, and contain E_DEPRECATED warnings and

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-12 Thread Adam Harvey
On 12 December 2014 at 10:07, Levi Morrison le...@php.net wrote: Just because we are releasing PHP 7.0 next year (well, according to our timeline anyway) that doesn't mean we can't release a 5.7. Agreed. I have to apologise here — I've had a draft RFC half-written for over a week at this point

RE: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-12 Thread Zeev Suraski
So the main question is : *What version will we release next year ?* We've already answered that question, as per the PHP 7 timeline RFC, we're aiming to release PHP 7 in 2015. Sure, given the aggressive timeline there's the possibility that we won't be able to make it on time, but that's our

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-12 Thread Levi Morrison
- If we go for 5.7 : We could release it this summer (2015) , but that would mean that 7.0 wouldn't come before summer 2016. Releasing a 5.7 will lean the release cycle curve, but it is not mandatory, that should be debatted. A 5.7 that pushes 7.0 into Summer 2016 is IMHO a strategic

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-12 Thread Andrea Faulds
Hi! On 12 Dec 2014, at 19:40, Zeev Suraski z...@zend.com wrote: If not : we'll happen having 3 active versions (5.6 , 5.7 and 7.0) and one sec- fix only (5.5) , *this is something we don't want* , because we have the feeling that it is too much pain to maintain so many versions alive.

Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-12 Thread Leigh
On 12 December 2014 at 23:00, Andrea Faulds a...@ajf.me wrote: I must disagree: 5.7 would only be trivially different from 5.6 (deprecations), the effort involved is only as much as continuing to maintain 5.6, and we have to do that anyway. So there’s no problem with working on both. I

RE: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ?

2014-12-12 Thread Zeev Suraski
-Original Message- From: morrison.l...@gmail.com [mailto:morrison.l...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Levi Morrison Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 10:00 PM To: Zeev Suraski Cc: Julien Pauli; PHP Internals Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] On the road to PHP 5.7 , or not ? - If we go for 5.7