Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:34749 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 60882 invoked by uid 1010); 11 Jan 2008 19:15:28 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 60866 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2008 19:15:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 11 Jan 2008 19:15:28 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=sam@sambarrow.com; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=sam@sambarrow.com; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain sambarrow.com from 205.234.132.11 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: sam@sambarrow.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 205.234.132.11 scottsdale.servershost.net Received: from [205.234.132.11] ([205.234.132.11:56321] helo=scottsdale.servershost.net) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 92/FE-09267-050C7874 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:15:28 -0500 Received: from [98.172.154.66] (port=2621 helo=[10.200.100.14]) by scottsdale.servershost.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JDPLk-0002Hy-QR; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:15:28 -0600 To: Stanislav Malyshev Cc: internals@lists.php.net In-Reply-To: <4787BE7C.6080205@zend.com> References: <1200066425.7376.9.camel@johannes.nop> <1200075842.16083.44.camel@johannes.nop> <1200077257.12559.7.camel@sbarrow-desktop> <4787BE7C.6080205@zend.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:13:00 -0500 Message-ID: <1200078780.12559.14.camel@sbarrow-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - scottsdale.servershost.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.php.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sambarrow.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] SUMMARY: Array syntax From: sam@sambarrow.com (Sam Barrow) On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 11:07 -0800, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > > It is better to have input from people with a wide range of experience > > levels, it results in a fairer vote that actually represents the > > population, rather than putting PHP under the control of a select few. > > No, it is not. This has nothing to do with "fairness", as we are not > enacting laws, levying taxes or distributing subsidies here. To have > input from many people is great, moreover - it is necessary. However, it > is not the same as deciding by arithmetical majority of votes of whoever > cares to vote on technical questions. Which is a valid point in most cases, but this is not technical, it's purely syntactic. If we were voting on implementing a highly advanced technical feature then yes, people who know what they're talking about should be given more weight, but in this case I don't think so. Just voicing my opinion, not that it matters but I just wanted to say something.