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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 19:14:43 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Should we rethink the 50%+1 requirement for
 non-"language changes"?
From: bukka@php.net (Jakub Zelenka)

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On 30 Jan 2016 18:07, "Joe Constant" <joe@joeconstant.com> wrote:
>
> As someone who has never participated with intervals before and only just
recently subscribed to the list, I would like to see a minimum percentage
of voting members participating in a vote for something to pass. In my
interpretation of the current rules, a measure could pass with only 3 votes
cast (2 for / 1 against). In fact, there was a recent proposal that passed
with only 11 votes cast. If that few of voting members are participating,
maybe the proposal wasn't clear enough (or maybe it's just not needed at
all)?  Sure you can argue that they had ample time to discuss, but I would
say perhaps they just saw no value in it. If a proposal isn't offering
enough value for the greater community, maybe it doesn't belong in core and
should be either a pecl extension or userland code?
>

I disagree with this. The fact that not many people voted doesn't mean that
the feature is not important.  Some RFC are very technical and about
specific topics that not many voters is interested in. However it can be
important for some users and shouldn't be rejected just because there are
not enough votes even if the majority is in favour. It's often a specific
feature for extension so moving everything to PECL is not really an option.

P.S. Please don't top post... ;)

Cheers

Jakub

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