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Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 00:26:56 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] About PHP6 ...
From: adamjonr@gmail.com (Adam Jon Richardson)

On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Kris Craig <kris.craig@gmail.com> wrote:
> We shouldn't skip an entire version increment just because a few authors
> screwed-up.  I don't know a single person who refers to any part of the 5.x
> branch as PHP 6, nor have I heard a single developer complain that there
> will be confusion when PHP 6 is released.  Skipping the version increment
> would be a solution in search of a problem and would only serve to cause
> more confusion.

Getting back to your points:

- You said "a few authors screwed-up." I think we can both agree that
there are many websites that have information about the now-defunct
branch of PHP 6. Try revising the search to "php 6" + unicode,
filtering out results based on url, etc. Now, you may go on to say
that the existence of this information shouldn't be a reason to
abandon the naming convention. Perhaps. But, I would confidently argue
that the number of conflicting resources will not be "few."

- You said you've not hear a single developer complain that there will
be confusion. I believe you've heard a few on this very list :)

Adam