On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 14:06 -0500, Olivier Hill wrote:
>  On Jan 11, 2008 1:47 PM, Sam Barrow <sam@[...].com> wrote:
>  >
>  > True. No one's vote is worth more than anyone else's, everybody should
>  > have equal say. Some people may know more about the PHP core, but we are
>  > all users and developers.
>  
>  Not when some write anything about everything without knowing anything
>  about nothing (makes sense?)

True, however with something like this, it is simply a matter of
opinion, not knowledge. [] and array() will have no functional
differences.

>  > It is better to have input from people with a wide range of experience
>  > levels, it results in a fairer vote that actually represents the
>  > population, rather than putting PHP under the control of a select few.
>  
>  It is not under the control of anyone. The principle is: Contribute
>  and your voice will be louder. It's easy to have a CVS account, and
>  it's easy to fix some bugs and submit patches. That way, you prove
>  that your voice can count and that you at least know what you are
>  talking about (I'm not talking about you in particular, but any user
>  that wants to contribute and have a voting voice that counts)

True

>  One way could be that votes from internal / phpdoc counts twice as
>  much as people that only leech this list. It's not controlling, but
>  being sure that future decision about the language are made
>  considering the opinions of people really knowing what's at stake.
>  Regards,
>  Olivier

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