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by swongel 2198 days ago
Afaik after the whole PHPixie scandal, they got backlash but the PSR standards they adopted are still in use.

PHPixie thread: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/php-fig/cjLBp2weYaA

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Oh my. I lol’ed at the comment:

> A big +1 to what Robert said. Let's not be the PHP Drama Group or the PHP Court of Social Justice.

It seems like all these “groups that have arbitrary mechanisms for becoming a member and have some sway in the wider community” eventually end up becoming a giant ball of drama and controversy.

But doesn't that criteria also describe every open source mailing list ever?