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Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 23:28:56 +0300
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To: Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me>
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Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Building a better PHP together.
From: zeev@zend.com (Zeev Suraski)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrea Faulds [mailto:ajf@ajf.me]
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 11:21 PM
> To: Zeev Suraski
> Cc: Levi Morrison; internals
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Building a better PHP together.
>
>
> On 17 May 2014, at 21:11, Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> wrote:
>
> >> Here are some behaviors that are inappropriate:
> >> - Asking members of the list to vote in a particular way
> >
> > There's actually nothing wrong with that.  I absolutely don't think
> > this should become a rule or a guideline.
>
> I disagree. We should not have rallying cries on the list asking people
with no
> connection or opinion on something to vote a certain way. That is
unacceptable
> behaviour.

If it tries to create a legitimate connection and form an opinion (in this
case, the fact that almost all engine maintainers oppose a patch that's
about to be forced on them) - there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Zeev