Hello Nikita, yes, sure, I’ll have this in mind and participate more - be
more vocal about my opinions and experience with static analysis and
quality code when discussing new language changes. Thank you.
On Sat 11. 7. 2020 at 10:19, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 8:19 AM Ondřej Mirtes <ondrej@mirtes.cz> wrote:
>
>> The main reason is to be able to vote on PHP RFCs. I've created and have
>> been maintaining PHPStan, a popular open-source static analyser.
>>
>> This submission is endorsed by Gabriel Caruso, a current release manager
>> of
>> PHP 8.
>>
>> My wiki.php.net username is: ondrejmirtes
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Ondřej Mirtes
>>
>
> Hi Ondrej,
>
> I believe it is important to remember that voting is just the last step of
> the RFC process: While the vote is the final arbiter, the discussion phase
> that precedes it is where concerns are heard and the proposal is shaped.
>
> Granting voting rights to persons not contributing to projects under the
> php.net umbrella has historically been a bit of a touchy topic. The last
> request of this type by Nicolas Grekas was granted specifically because he
> was already a long-time active participant of the PHP internals mailing
> list, and provided valuable insight, especially regarding the impact of
> changes in PHP on Symfony and its ecosystem.
>
> I think that this is an important criterion. Before granting voting
> requests, I would really like to see some participation in RFC discussions
> on the mailing list. A vote is just a single bit of information, while your
> thoughtful insight on how language changes may interact with static
> analysis will help shape proposals in a much more significant way.
>
> Regards,
> Nikita
>
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Ondřej Mirtes
