I'm one of those weird developers who loves PHP despite it's warts, and pushes the poor language to it's limit. I love the stuff that's happening in the community (PHP-FIG, the PSR standards, Composer/Packagist, and the like).
The thing is, that is all being achieved despite how badly the internals is run. Seriously, I tried to get involved and was turned off entirely by how it's run as an "old boys" clique where new developers and changes are considered enemies. It's really sad, and I think PHP could become a much nicer language overall if that changed. Some people who are far smarted than myself have the same opinion too, so it's not just me...
A lot of people I know who work with PHP on a daily basis agree that PHP is making significant progress despite the PHP internals culture, and not because of it.
The thing is, that is all being achieved despite how badly the internals is run. Seriously, I tried to get involved and was turned off entirely by how it's run as an "old boys" clique where new developers and changes are considered enemies. It's really sad, and I think PHP could become a much nicer language overall if that changed. Some people who are far smarted than myself have the same opinion too, so it's not just me...