From:	Lukas Kahwe Smith	Date:	Thu Feb 14 15:14:32 2008
Subject:	Re: [PDO] Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PDO] Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PDO] Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] An Idea for PDO 2

On 14.02.2008, at 23:06, Christopher Jones wrote:

> I think most multi-person plans that impact an existing OSS project
> have had some genesis in private discussions before being broadcast.
> For PDO V2, this discussion was just really slow and intermittent.

Yeah, I am basically fine with this. I send private emails to people  
around OSS projects all the time. Its absolutely ok and actually  
something that is vital to keep things manageable.

However the point here is. There is a proposal on the table to change  
the php.net project to be able to bring in developers we do not know,  
for code they have not yet written, for specs they have not yet  
contributed. This is flipping our development process upside down  
while adding legal hurdles.

As such the only course of action I currently is to start working. If  
you guys do not feel like you can work within the current legal bounds  
of php.net, then I suggest you start working outside of them. Once we  
see actual value being contributed, the willingness to compromise and  
change will be much higher.

regards,
Lukas