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To: Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Internals and Newcomers and the Sidelines -- "let's proceed to ideas"
From: dz@heroku.com (David Zuelke)

On 14.01.2016, at 13:18, Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> wrote:

> The way I see it, we don't need to acknowledge having a problem in =
order to want to improve.  I'm sure that resonates with most developers =
on this list - wanting to continuously improve does not mean you're =
saying that things were problematic to begin with.  Instead, it's an =
assumption which is literally always true - wherever you are, whatever =
you do, you can always do better.  It's true for everything - processes, =
relationships, code - and mailing list etiquette.
>=20
> The right question, IMHO, is do we want to improve?  Do we want to try =
and be more polite and respectful?  Do we want to try and improve the =
atmosphere?  That's a much easier goal to rally around, I think, and for =
the most part, I can hardly imagine there won't be consensus around it.=20=


I really like this line of thinking, and the positivity it projects.

David