# VOTE abolish narrow margins

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/104302
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/104302
- Started by Joe Watkins on 2019-02-08T08:51:16+00:00
- Messages: 2
- RFC: Abolish Narrow Margins (Accepted) — https://externals.io/rfc/abolish-narrow-margins.md
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## #104302 — Joe Watkins — 2019-02-08T08:51:16+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/104302#104302

Morning all,

As promised, abolish narrow margins is now open for voting:

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/abolish-narrow-margins

Cheers
Joe

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## #104304 — Zeev Suraski — 2019-02-08T10:51:02+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/104302#104304

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Watkins <krakjoe@php.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 8, 2019 10:51 AM
> To: PHP internals <internals@lists.php.net>
> Subject: [PHP-DEV] VOTE abolish narrow margins
> 
> Morning all,
> 
> As promised, abolish narrow margins is now open for voting:
> 
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/abolish-narrow-margins

Reasons I voted 'no':

- This is clearly rushed.  A more comprehensive RFC is in the works and already under discussion.
- Substantial changes were made last minute, without allowing reasonable time to discuss, or for people to even acquaint themselves with the changes.  As an RFC that deals with process, that's an extremely bad precedent.
- It places strong bias for status quo even in cases where one does not exist.
- It does not tackle the voting eligibility issues we have.

The general idea is good, the implementation & surrounding process are bad.

Zeev