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Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 00:52:19 +0200
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To: David Soria Parra <dsp@php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Let's make a 5.7 release
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 12:49 AM, David Soria Parra <dsp@php.net> wrote:
> On 2014-08-15, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Aug 16, 2014 12:20 AM, "David Soria Parra" <dsp@php.net> wrote:
>> (didn't
>>> we learn anything from PHP 6?).
>>
>> I did. And with opcache. Both with hypothetical deadlines based on
>> arbitrary random facts about the status or stability.
>>
>> Here we have two issues, whether or not we need a 5.x to prepare 7 and if
>> one year Dev time is enough.
>>
>> Let be realistic instead of yet again trying to achieve impossible goals,
>> or think we achieved them and release something we won't be able to change
>> for the next decade.
>
> Let me summerize a few things that have come up:
>
>  (1) phpng doesn't justify PHP7
>  It does. It's a complete new engine. It has performance improvements. Where
>  do you draw the line of what justifies a PHP 7? It's a major BC break and we
>  needd a major version for it


No it does not. Even if it would do, that's not something I can live
with in the next 10 years. As I repeatedly said, with explanations
why.


-- 
Pierre

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