hi steve, just going to jump in here... On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 02:10:45PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > I'm also not really sure where else it could belong. > > Uh, debian-devel would be the appropriate list for open development-related > discussions that don't otherwise have an associated list. my impression was that we were getting deep enough into the minutia that discussing things elsewhere was more appropriate. also, this is a topic that has been periodically brought up in the past for somewhere around 2 years on with absolutely zero result, so the fact that it's gathering some momentum somewhere is imo a good thing. > > >AFAIK, none of the comaintainers of the actual PHP packages > > > are subscribed to that list. the plan is to get things together enough that we have a respectable draft, which we will develop with a certain degree of feedback from the affected parties in question. for example, i've spoken to at least a small degree with the package maintainers of php, mysql (for which you probably recall i'm a comaintainer) and postgresql. obviously our proposals will be doomed if they do not have the stamp of approval from the web server, script engine, and db server maintainers. i recently detailed an outline for finishing up our current drafts and soliciting feedback from this first tier of package maintainers. once they are happy and the "implementation" code is in place, we'll take it to a 2nd tier group of developers (those who actually manage web applications), then back to d-d for a more general discussion and review, and if we're still a viable project at that point the policy folks. > That's all well and good, but a policy that doesn't have the backing of the > maintainers of the engine that has to support it doesn't seem like it would > be particularly useful. yes. adam expressed some concern about the development of a php policy outside the php group (see #250686), but does not seem against the idea as long as it developed with their consensus. i can promise you that there will not be a php policy if it does not meet the approval of the php maintainers. sean --
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