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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 21:21:14 +0000
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Subject: I quit.
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)

Hi everyone,

For my own reasons, I have decided to cease my involvement with PHP =
development. This isn=E2=80=99t a judgement of the PHP community nor the =
internals mailing list, you=E2=80=99re all wonderful people and it=E2=80=99=
s really been a pleasure, and I mean that completely honestly. However, =
this has ended up taking up too much of my time (which is my own fault, =
and my own fault alone) and I can=E2=80=99t really justify it to myself =
anymore.

So, I=E2=80=99m no longer contributing to PHP, and all four active RFCs =
authored by myself are therefore withdrawn: Scalar Type Hints, =
Spaceship/Combined Comparison Operator, Void Return Type, Big Integer =
Support.

The first two were in voting, so the votes have been cancelled.

If anyone would like to pick up from where I left off with any of these =
RFCs, they are very much welcome to - there is no need to consult me =
first (and it=E2=80=99s probably for the best if you don=E2=80=99t). The =
Spaceship/Combined Comparison Operator RFC was also authored by Davey =
Shafik, so ask him if you want to revive that one.

I=E2=80=99m sorry about this, but it can=E2=80=99t be helped. I=E2=80=99d =
rather move on to other things. I would stick around to finish =
everything up before I leave, but I just don=E2=80=99t have the time nor =
the motivation to finish everything. I apologise for that, especially =
for Scalar Type Hints as I realise this is something a lot of developers =
were looking forward to.=20

I=E2=80=99d leave quietly, but since this affects active RFCs, I need to =
announce it somewhere.

So, thank you, PHP community. It has been a wonderful 2 years.

Goodbye.

--
Andrea Faulds
http://ajf.me/