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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: PHP 7.4 Release Manager Selection
From: cmbecker69@gmx.de ("Christoph M. Becker")

On 11.03.2019 at 15:19, Derick Rethans wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Mar 2019, Christoph M. Becker wrote:
> 
>> On 04.03.2019 at 17:28, Christoph M. Becker wrote:
>>
>>> With the first alpha of 7.4 due in three months, I think it's time 
>>> to start the process of finding and electing release managers for 
>>> the next minor release of PHP.
>>>
>>> We are looking for two souls to take on this role.  Whomsoever is 
>>> elected will be guided and helped by Stas and me, as well as 
>>> previous RMs and the excellent documentation in 
>>> php-src:README.RELEASE_PROCESS.
>>>
>>> Candidates should have a reasonable knowledge of internals (without 
>>> necessarily being a C guru), be confident about merging pull 
>>> requests without breaking backward compatibility, doing triage for 
>>> bugs, liaising with previous release managers, and generally getting 
>>> the branch in good shape, as these are among the activities you will 
>>> be undertaking as release manager.
>>>
>>> Please put your name forward here if you wish to be considered a 
>>> candidate.  An initial TODO page has been added to the wiki and 
>>> contains provisional dates for GA and pre-releases: 
>>> <https://wiki.php.net/todo/php74>
>>
>> Peter Kokot is willing to volunteer as release manager (thanks!)  Is 
>> someone willing to team up with Peter?  Are there further candidates?
> 
> I can help out.

Great!  Since we only have two volunteers, there's no need for a vote.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you your PHP 7.4 Release Managers:

  Peter Kokot and Derick Rethans

I suggest that both of you walk through the “New Release Manager
Checklist”[1] soonish, since it may take a while to actually get the
required karma (unless already granted).

[1]
<https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/e67d872e3ea9c8d5d7fd96e7f20f15883bfe42ba/README.RELEASE_PROCESS#L379>

-- 
Christoph M. Becker