Re: Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-28 Thread Wez Furlong
IMO, it makes sense to fold EXPERIMENTAL and CREDITS files into the package.xml files that Hartmut added; they provide versioning and status information. Non-BC API changes require a bump to the API major number; a new major in alpha or beta implies that the new API is subject to change until it

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development

2004-08-27 Thread Hartmut Holzgraefe
Sebastian Bergmann wrote: When it comes to voting I think it should not be democratic but meritocratic. whereas we now are mostly do-o-cratic (a nice term that came up at EuroFoo although i don't remember where i picked it up ...) -- Hartmut Holzgraefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Internals - PHP

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Derick Rethans
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: At last weekend's EuroFoo [1] I attended Marc-Andre Lemburg's talk [2] on the Python development process. I really wish we had a process similar to Python's PEPs [3] [4] for PHP. Having guidelines for issues like adding a new module [5] or

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Christian Stocker
On 27.8.2004 8:59 Uhr, Derick Rethans wrote: On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: At last weekend's EuroFoo [1] I attended Marc-Andre Lemburg's talk [2] on the Python development process. I really wish we had a process similar to Python's PEPs [3] [4] for PHP. Having guidelines for

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development

2004-08-27 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: whereas we now are mostly do-o-cratic (a nice term that came up at EuroFoo although i don't remember where i picked it up ...) Which is just colloquial for meritocratic, AFAICS :-) -- Sebastian Bergmann http://sebastian-bergmann.de/

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
Derick Rethans wrote: What is wrong with how we currently do it? We have currently nothing like it. Or if we do, I haven't notices it in the last couple of years. And if I haven't, chances are that our users haven't either :-) -- Sebastian Bergmann http://sebastian-bergmann.de/

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development

2004-08-27 Thread Hartmut Holzgraefe
Sebastian Bergmann wrote: Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: whereas we now are mostly do-o-cratic (a nice term that came up at EuroFoo although i don't remember where i picked it up ...) Which is just colloquial for meritocratic, AFAICS :-) No, as your vote doesn't get more important in general as you

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development

2004-08-27 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: No, as your vote doesn't get more important in general as you contribute. Instead you vote for a certain way of doing something and the most effective way of voting against this is to implement a different approach. (as far as i understood) Hm, I always thought that the

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Derick Rethans
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Zeev Suraski wrote: I would like to get some feedback about my suggestion to move away from the simple 'experimental' status and dividing it into two - quality rating, and 'API subject to change' tagging. Does this make sense to anybody else? yes, sounds much better than

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Hartmut Holzgraefe
Christian Stocker wrote: Actually, other people i talk to are always impressed, how this chaotic, based-on-common-agreement developement process actually works at all ;) Well, one reason might be no matter how fuzzy the process there are some very clear metrics for the result, like e.g.

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Derick Rethans
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: Christian Stocker wrote: Actually, other people i talk to are always impressed, how this chaotic, based-on-common-agreement developement process actually works at all ;) Well, one reason might be no matter how fuzzy the process there are

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Christian Stocker
On 27.8.2004 9:58 Uhr, Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: Christian Stocker wrote: Actually, other people i talk to are always impressed, how this chaotic, based-on-common-agreement developement process actually works at all ;) Well, one reason might be no matter how fuzzy the process there are some

Re: Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Jacques Marneweck
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:11:58 +0200, Sebastian Bergmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Derick Rethans wrote: What is wrong with how we currently do it? We have currently nothing like it. Or if we do, I haven't notices it in the last couple of years. And if I haven't, chances are that our users

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Ilia Alshanetsky
On August 27, 2004 03:26 am, Zeev Suraski wrote: Me too. I would like to get some feedback about my suggestion to move away from the simple 'experimental' status and dividing it into two - quality rating, and 'API subject to change' tagging. Does this make sense to anybody else? As long as

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Jason Garber
Hello Zeev, Makes sense to me. -- Best regards, Jasonmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, August 27, 2004, 3:26:25 AM, you wrote: ZS I would like to get some feedback about my suggestion to move away from the ZS simple 'experimental' status and dividing it into two

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Derick Rethans
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: I would like to get some feedback about my suggestion to move away from the simple 'experimental' status and dividing it into two - quality rating, and 'API subject to change' tagging. Does this make sense to anybody

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Hartmut Holzgraefe
Derick Rethans wrote: Aren't PECL package version numbers already providing this? But not everything is in PECL :) any bundled extensions that are still EXPERIMENTAL should move to PECL anyway IMHO -- Hartmut Holzgraefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Ilia Alshanetsky
On August 27, 2004 11:31 am, Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: Derick Rethans wrote: Aren't PECL package version numbers already providing this? But not everything is in PECL :) any bundled extensions that are still EXPERIMENTAL should move to PECL anyway IMHO +1 Ilia -- PHP Internals - PHP

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development

2004-08-27 Thread Daniel Convissor
[Oops. Send this email directly to Rasmus rather than the list...] On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 12:58:21PM -0700, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: 2. web app sends it to internals@ or some other relevant list 3. Replies to that email automatically get picked up by the web app 4. Alternatively, you can

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Zeev Suraski
At 18:33 27/08/2004, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: On August 27, 2004 11:31 am, Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: Derick Rethans wrote: Aren't PECL package version numbers already providing this? But not everything is in PECL :) any bundled extensions that are still EXPERIMENTAL should move to PECL

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-27 Thread Christian Stocker
On 27.8.2004 20:23 Uhr, Zeev Suraski wrote: At 18:33 27/08/2004, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: On August 27, 2004 11:31 am, Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: Derick Rethans wrote: Aren't PECL package version numbers already providing this? But not everything is in PECL :) any bundled extensions that

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-26 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: At last weekend's EuroFoo [1] I attended Marc-Andre Lemburg's talk [2] on the Python development process. I really wish we had a process similar to Python's PEPs [3] [4] for PHP. Having guidelines for issues like adding a new module [5]

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-26 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: It smells a little too processy to me, but I wouldn't mind a system that borrowed some of the ideas. That is exactly why chose Learning ... and not Adopting ... :-) We should have a look at it and see for ourselves what could work for us. Like a single collection point

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

2004-08-26 Thread Sterling Hughes
Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: At last weekend's EuroFoo [1] I attended Marc-Andre Lemburg's talk [2] on the Python development process. I really wish we had a process similar to Python's PEPs [3] [4] for PHP. Having guidelines for issues like adding a

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development

2004-08-26 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
Just to clarify, I didn't propose taking the PEAR PEPr system verbatim. To be honest, I have never really used it, beyond skimming through things because it is handy that everything is in one place. I don't find our feature/change request category in the bugs database to be all that effective.

[PHP-DEV] [TAG: Process Improvement] Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development

2004-08-26 Thread Sterling Hughes
Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: Just to clarify, I didn't propose taking the PEAR PEPr system verbatim. To be honest, I have never really used it, beyond skimming through things because it is handy that everything is in one place. I don't find our feature/change request category in the bugs database to be

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development

2004-08-26 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
Greg Beaver wrote: PEPr has been pretty useful, but there are some pitfalls with the current design of PEPr. Most notably that everyone is allowed to vote ie. thinks his vote should matter? When it comes to voting I think it should not be democratic but meritocratic. -- Sebastian Bergmann

Re: [PHP-DEV] Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development

2004-08-26 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: 1. Submit proposal to web app 2. web app sends it to internals@ or some other relevant list 3. Replies to that email automatically get picked up by the web app 4. Alternatively, you can add comments via the web app which would also get bounced to the relevant mailing list