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To: Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Proposal to delay 7.0 timeline
From: zeev@zend.com (Zeev Suraski)

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> On 21 =D7=91=D7=9E=D7=A8=D7=A5 2015, at 18:05, Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerd=
orf.com> wrote:
>=20
>> On 03/21/2015 08:52 AM, Fran=C3=A7ois Laupretre wrote:
>> Now, after more calls from many of you to delay it, and as Zeev himself
>> seemed to consider it as more acceptable, I am proposing again to delay 7=
.0
>> feature freeze to May, 15 (2 month delay, date where vote is starting). I=

>> won=E2=80=99t repeat all the arguments of my previous posts but, to summa=
rize, it
>> would allow to include important features, making it a =E2=80=98real=E2=80=
=99 major version.
>> Releasing a major version is not just a question of BC break, we also nee=
d
>> to think about what we put forward. So, we need features. We already have=

>> STH, but we can do more (I personally have at least 4 RFCs I didn=E2=80=99=
t have
>> time for, including scalar pseudo-methods, which can be an important
>> feature).
>=20
> No, please, let's get what we have stabilized and out the door. There
> are always more things to do and we can delay things indefinitely. And I
> completely disagree that this isn't a 'real' major version.

+1

Zeev=

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