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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] I quit.
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

On 15/02/2015 21:21, Andrea Faulds wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> For my own reasons, I have decided to cease my involvement with PHP development. This isn’t a judgement of the PHP community nor the internals mailing list, you’re all wonderful people and it’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’t really justify it to myself anymore.
>
> So, I’m no longer contributing to PHP, and all four active RFCs authored by myself are therefore withdrawn: Scalar Type Hints, Spaceship/Combined Comparison Operator, Void Return Type, Big Integer Support.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’s probably for the best if you don’t). The Spaceship/Combined Comparison Operator RFC was also authored by Davey Shafik, so ask him if you want to revive that one.
>
> I’m sorry about this, but it can’t be helped. I’d rather move on to other things. I would stick around to finish everything up before I leave, but I just don’t 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.
>
> I’d 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.


I'm really really sorry to hear this. The energy you've put into the 
project recently has been really appreciated by many people, and I 
really admire your dedication to finding compromises to controversial 
topics. I can see, though, that it takes a lot of time to be that 
actively involved on a voluntary basis, and that a clean break might 
feel necessary to shift your focus. I hope to see your name in future, 
either in a less involved role in PHP, or in some other project.

On a purely procedural note, though, is there some way the Scalar Type 
Hints RFC can be left in voting, as a vote in principle, while we wait 
for someone to step up and take over the implementation? There are only 
4 days left, and with over 100 votes cast, it seems a shame to say that 
they were all meaningless, while leaving the door open to start all over 
again. I think it will hurt people's faith in the process to cancel now, 
and can't think of a particularly strong reason not to let the vote run 
its course before deciding what to do next.

Regards,

-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]