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To: internals@lists.php.net,Steph Fox <steph@php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] namespaces and alpha3
From: nrixham@gmail.com (Nathan Rixham)

Steph Fox wrote:
> I'd love to see the public reaction if we get it badly wrong. I bet that 
> lasts much, much longer than the five minute huff over withdrawal.

+10 to that

there are no doubt loads of other fixes, upgrades and necessaries which 
people are waiting for from the release of 5.3 - they are *more 
important* than the implementation of namespaces.

If you're still debating over which option to go for, then you don't 
have a perfect implementation yet; leave it out.

-- OR --

*totally stupid* release two 5.3's and let the public decide;
download 1: PHP 5.3
download 2: PHP 5.3 with namespaces
(and indeed swap should the namespaces fail badly)

regards,

nathan