On Mar 17, 4:31 pm, Lukas Kahwe Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 17.03.2011, at 16:22, Marijn Huizendveld wrote:
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> > Hi Chrishtophe,
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> > On Mar 17, 2011, at 4:13 PM, Christophe COEVOET wrote:
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> >> Le 17/03/2011 15:53, Marijn a écrit :
> >>> On Mar 17, 3:43 pm, Jonathan Wage<[email protected]>  wrote:
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> >>>> I really disagree. I think in the long run the benefits outweigh any 
> >>>> short
> >>>> term annoyance right now. Keep in mind Symfony2 is still alpha so I don't
> >>>> think it is unreasonable to change this.
> >>> The arguments I have listed never mentioned that the change is
> >>> unreasonable, I'm well aware of the fact that the code is still in
> >>> alpha stage.
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> >>> My primary concern is the fact that by changing this our community
> >>> will have to learn another implementation. Like I said I'm aware of
> >>> the benefits but I argue those benefits can be realized with the
> >>> current implementation.
> >>> Doing so would save us the resources that now will be used to write
> >>> new documentation and change a lot of bundles.
> >>> Don't forget the lack of examples, articles, blog posts, forums and
> >>> questions on sites like stack overflow. This will slow down adoption
> >>> (maybe marginal but it will).
>
> >>> My argument is simply that we can realize the benefits from this
> >>> change without a different implementation which will benefit the time
> >>> and resources we have available!
>
> >> Keeping the implementation just because it is the same than the symfony 1 
> >> one is not a good argument. Symfony 2 is not backward compatible with 
> >> symfony 1. A component relying on a sf1 component can either be ported to 
> >> use the new implementation, either keep the sf1 component.
>
> > I feel like I'm repeating the same arguments over and over again: the same 
> > benefits can be realized without changing the implementation!
> > This will benefit us as developers because we have more time to polish 
> > other parts of the framework.
> > Like I said, changing it to _use_ the doctrine version with have been fine 
> > as well, less code to maintain for devs and less concepts for the users.
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> > In my opinion there is no argument that justifies a change: it all can be 
> > done with our current implementation.
>
> This POV was also put forth during the IRC meeting, which ended up with a +6 
> vote for switching and -4 vote against. Now if you would have been present we 
> would have had a -5 vote. There was no clear definition if a change from the 
> status quo needed more than 50% approval.
>

Well in that case my presence would not have changed the outcome.

> I abstained from the vote, because I didnt spend enough time to understand 
> the limitations of the current mode. I definitely see very clear advantages 
> of how we currently use the existing event system and the changes being 
> proposed. If these can be realized by simply subclassing Event using the 
> current model, I do not know.
>
> In the same way as we cannot continuously start new discussions, we obviously 
> cannot continuously restart old discussions. Imho either direction isnt going 
> to define if Symfony2 is good or bad.
>
> But of course this decision is also not irrelevant. However at this point I 
> think you will have to show with code how you think the current 
> implementation could realize the same benefits as shown in pull 221. And even 
> then I am not sure if we should reconsider at this point.
>

As far as I can see everything has been merged so I'll count my losses
and move on. Thanks everybody for your time, even though the outcome
is not what I had hoped for, I feel there has been a healthy
discussion.

Enjoy your weekends!

Marijn

> regards,
> Lukas Kahwe Smith
> [email protected]

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