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To: Joe Watkins <pthreads@pthreads.org>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Abolish 50%+1 Votes
From: levim@php.net (Levi Morrison)

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Joe Watkins <pthreads@pthreads.org> wrote:
> Afternoon internals,
>
> This has been discussed before in various RFC threads, there does seem to
> be some consensus that 50%+1 votes could be harmful.
>
> To what degree, I am not sure.
>
> I raise for discussion the topic of abolishing 50%+1 votes, and requiring
> all changes regardless of their nature to pass by  a super majority of
> 2/3+1.
>
> Please read the (brief) RFC and raise objections here.
>
> There will be a one week discussion period for this RFC.
>
> Cheers
> Joe

As I have voiced in the past I completely agree with moving to >= 2/3.
I would also consider supporting >= 3/4. I believe that PHP is at a
point in its lifetime that new features or changes should not be
considered lightly, which is why I would consider supporting something
more strict than 2/3.