Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-16 Thread jeroen
There are some doubts on it, but because: Zak Greant: > (...) I don't > see how it could hurt to try. :) And the main advantage is: > I just want a way to more > easily keep track of what is going on. :) In fact, it is not so different from discussion on php-dev (it's only an ad

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-15 Thread Stig Sæther Bakken
[Sterling Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > At 10:23 15-08-01, Stig Sæther Bakken wrote: > > >[Hi, > > > > > >I think one of the problems with this is that even if php-dev comes up > > >with a system for determining which feature it wants to see in PHP,

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-15 Thread Zeev Suraski
At 21:24 15-08-01, Sterling Hughes wrote: > Oh - I see! So the "Zend" on the License is really just shorthand for > "Zeev and Andi", has nothing to do with Zend Technologies Ltd. Good > to know. ;)) In practice, pretty much, yes. I don't remember Doron's, Adi's or Daniel's last

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-15 Thread Sterling Hughes
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote: > At 12:15 15-08-01, Sterling Hughes wrote: > >On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > > > At 10:23 15-08-01, Stig Sæther Bakken wrote: > > > >[Hi, > > > > > > > >I think one of the problems with this is that even if php-dev comes up > > > >with a s

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-15 Thread Daniel Beckham
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Sæther Bakken @gecadsoftware.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC > Hi Andrei! > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Andrei Zmievski wrote: > > > On Wed, 15 Aug

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-15 Thread teo
Hi Andrei! On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Andrei Zmievski wrote: > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > like. That's why the situation wouldn't change radically if/when the > > engine license changes, much like it wasn't any different *before* the > > engine license was even introduced, in the P

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-15 Thread Zeev Suraski
At 18:13 15-08-01, Andrei Zmievski wrote: >On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > like. That's why the situation wouldn't change radically if/when the > > engine license changes, much like it wasn't any different *before* the > > engine license was even introduced, in the PHP 3.0 days. Hav

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-15 Thread Andrei Zmievski
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote: > like. That's why the situation wouldn't change radically if/when the > engine license changes, much like it wasn't any different *before* the > engine license was even introduced, in the PHP 3.0 days. Having regulators > over the 'kernel' of the proj

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-15 Thread Zeev Suraski
At 12:15 15-08-01, Sterling Hughes wrote: >On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > At 10:23 15-08-01, Stig Sæther Bakken wrote: > > >[Hi, > > > > > >I think one of the problems with this is that even if php-dev comes up > > >with a system for determining which feature it wants to see in PHP

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-15 Thread Sterling Hughes
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote: > At 10:23 15-08-01, Stig Sæther Bakken wrote: > >[Hi, > > > >I think one of the problems with this is that even if php-dev comes up > >with a system for determining which feature it wants to see in PHP, we > >still depend on Zeev, Andi or someone else @ Z

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-15 Thread Zeev Suraski
At 10:23 15-08-01, Stig Sæther Bakken wrote: >[Hi, > >I think one of the problems with this is that even if php-dev comes up >with a system for determining which feature it wants to see in PHP, we >still depend on Zeev, Andi or someone else @ Zend to implement them. >An RFC system would be a suppo

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Stig Sæther Bakken
["Jeroen van Wolffelaar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Hi, > > About a month ago there was a discussion on the Engine 2 mailing list, about > a possible RFC-proces for the more imporant PHP-issues. In the end, there > was some consensus that it would be good if such a system exists. > > I'm simply writ

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread derick
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, John Donagher wrote: > With what end in mind is an RFC to be created for? In the IETF, RFC's are > typically long, complex, and authoritative. They are often referenced for years > after their inception. Do you honestly think we could (or want to) achieve this > with PHP feat

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Zak Greant
Jim wrote: > Zak Greant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > :) I should have chosen the symbols more carefully. > > They seem to have generated more comments than the original proposal... > > > > Does anyone have any comments pertaining to the *concept*? :) > > i was trying to drive at the point tha

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread jimw
Zak Greant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > :) I should have chosen the symbols more carefully. > They seem to have generated more comments than the original proposal... > > Does anyone have any comments pertaining to the *concept*? :) i was trying to drive at the point that you've just restated a

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Zak Greant
sday, August 14, 2001 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC > Sterling Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Actually, (+-) 0 are really terms and votes, in other projects I've > >been involved in, there interpreted as "I don't like it, but I wo

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread jimw
Sterling Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Actually, (+-) 0 are really terms and votes, in other projects I've >been involved in, there interpreted as "I don't like it, but I won't >stop you" and "I like it, but its not something I think is >absolutely necessary" right. http://d

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Sterling Hughes
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Zak Greant wrote: > Joey wrote: > > > Are you doing a new O'Reilly book, PHP-DEV in a nutshell? > > Subtitled: A Rogues Gallery ;) > > > > -Sterling > > > > I especially enjoy the idea of "positive zero" and "negative > > zero". :) > > I think that +/-0 would

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Zak Greant
Joey wrote: > > Are you doing a new O'Reilly book, PHP-DEV in a nutshell? Subtitled: A Rogues Gallery ;) > > -Sterling > > I especially enjoy the idea of "positive zero" and "negative > zero". :) I think that +/-0 would accurately portray the sometimes odd nature of support

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Joey Smith
> > +1: Strongly Support > > +0: Support > > 0: Neutral > > -0: Oppose > > -1: Strongly Oppose > > Are you doing a new O'Reilly book, PHP-DEV in a nutshell? > > -Sterling I especially enjoy the idea of "positive zero" and "negative zero". :) -- PHP Develo

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Sterling Hughes
> Proposal: Foo* > -- > ... > Rasmus +0This should help fix issue x and bug y. > Richard - > Sascha +0This proposal supports RFC 10921 in a good way. > Sterling -0RFC 10921 is kind of strange. > Torben -1There is already

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Zak Greant
Jeroen wrote: > They should _not_ be too technical, _not_ too long, but yet as simple as > possible, but exactly as precise enough to be relatively unambigious if you > know about the PHP conventions. For example like that zend engine 2 white > paper. > > But they need to be updated, and not disca

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Joey Smith
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, John Donagher wrote the following to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > With what end in mind is an RFC to be created for? In the IETF, RFC's are > typically long, complex, and authoritative. They are often referenced for years > after their inception. Do you honestly think we could (or wan

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
> With what end in mind is an RFC to be created for? In the IETF, RFC's are > typically long, complex, and authoritative. They are often referenced for years > after their inception. > Do you honestly think we could (or want to) achieve this > with PHP feature RFC's? Or will they be used only befo

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread John Donagher
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, James Moore wrote: > > RFC.. Request For Comments, its as simple as that someone posts a document > outlining what they want changed/want to do, calls it an RFC and is > litterally making a request for comments on their idea. I think this is a > good idea for large things bu

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
> > The work on Zend Engine 2 has now started, _without_ a proper definition > of > > it. IMHO, that's not the ideal situation, since this could lead to strange > > inconsequences, because the precise behaviour is decided during > > implementation. > > Umm what about the white paper that was prepa

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread James Moore
> The work on Zend Engine 2 has now started, _without_ a proper definition of > it. IMHO, that's not the ideal situation, since this could lead to strange > inconsequences, because the precise behaviour is decided during > implementation. Umm what about the white paper that was prepaired before

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Joey Smith
;Jeroen van Wolffelaar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "PHP Developers Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Joey Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Zak Greant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC &g

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
> > On the other hand, the latter one could be named 'RFC process', since it > > hasn't yet been defined what the heck it is precisely... > > RFC.. Request For Comments, its as simple as that someone posts a document > outlining what they want changed/want to do, calls it an RFC and is > litterall

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread James Moore
> On the other hand, the latter one could be named 'RFC process', since it > hasn't yet been defined what the heck it is precisely... RFC.. Request For Comments, its as simple as that someone posts a document outlining what they want changed/want to do, calls it an RFC and is litterally making a

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
> Just poit them to php-dev and keep bringing it up until there is some decent > comment on it, at the moment there is no democratic process in PHP, people > just do what they want and someone normally knows some part of PHP better > than anyother, IE if you have a sessions thing speak to sascha (

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread Jon Parise
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 12:18:06AM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > About a month ago there was a discussion on the Engine 2 mailing list, about > a possible RFC-proces for the more imporant PHP-issues. In the end, there > was some consensus that it would be good if such a system exists. I

Re: [PHP-DEV] Setting up RFC

2001-08-14 Thread James Moore
> > Ive written one or two before, mainly for the release process (I think its > > in CVS under README.realease_process or somthing like that). Id suggest > > people just get on and write them and post them to php-dev where people > > generally read them and make comments. I dont see what there is