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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 21:10:39 +0000
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To: Joe Constant <joe@joeconstant.com>
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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 19:37, "Joe Constant" <joe@joeconstant.com> wrote:
>
> >>P.S. Please don't top post... ;)
> I'm not trying to thread hijack. Just trying to add to the discussion.
The ops post was in regards to RFCs passing to easily. My contention with
the low voter turnout is in line (or at least intended to be in line) with
that.

No worries.  It was just a friendly reminder that top posting makes a
discussion hard to follow. ;) I didn't try to suggest that you are trying
to hijack the thread. Btw. you still top post (the previous email was
below...) :) try to reply into the message or below, then it's cool ;)

>
> >> It's often a specific feature for extension so moving everything to
PECL is not really an option.
> My argument is that if it affects core, a certain percentage of voting
members (people that have taken on the responsibility of directing the
future of core) should be required to vote. I understand that they may not
be interested, but if the voter turnout is really that low, the proponents
should be doing more to drum up interest rather than simply allowing an RFC
to pass.

I think that the main problem is that many of our core extensions are quite
neglected.  There is a much bigger interest in a fancy core engine
(language) features than in fixing bugs or adding small features to the
core extension. I don't think there should be any limit on number of votes
as it would make it hard to get small features in. Of course there is no
point in doing RFC if there is no objection but if there was a single
objection to a small feature, then it would be almost impossible to get it
in.

Cheers

Jakub

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