Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC] [Discussion] Literal Scalar Types

Hi Pierre,

Il 31/07/2026 13:06, Pierre Joye ha scritto:
> beta phases exist exactly for this reason. wider base of testers.
> 
> alpha is, heh, this is what we have so far, more or less stable, go test 
> it already!
> 
> RCs are everything should be stable, that's the final state, last 
> stage(s) for any bugs or breaks that didn't get caught earlier.
> 
> we should not expect "widely tested" new features, never released before 
> per se.

Yes indeed. But often unexpected side effects and breakages are caught 
by various CIs running daily snapshots with OSS projects.


> between the limited time induced by the updated policies, the Christmas 
> break "pls don't", and this, one needs to take holidays to make it 
> somehow as the time left in a year is low, very low, now.

I hear you, it's just that undoing or amending an RFC is a convoluted 
process too, especially very late in the release cycle.


Cheers
-- 
Matteo Beccati