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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:42:42 -0500
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To: Joe Watkins <krakjoe@php.net>
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	Dmitry Stogov <dmitry@zend.com>
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Subject: Re: PHP 8 Preview Releases
From: pollita@php.net (Sara Golemon)

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On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 7:40 AM Joe Watkins <krakjoe@php.net> wrote:
> Since we now have a result for JIT and we know it will be included
> in PHP 8, I think it's time to visit the idea brought up in discussion
> to have preview releases of PHP 8.
>
> I'm interested in hearing what kind of schedules we think are going
> to be useful - it's tempting to say let's track PHP-7.4 releases,
> possibly with a bi-monthly interval, but I'm not sure if that may
> be too soon, or too slow, or too fast.
>
IMO, preview releases should (for the time being) be largely driven by the
progress of branch.  And by branch, let's be honest, I really mean the
JIT.  So for the rest of 2019, this essentially (but not completely) means
"When Dmitry wants something taken for a spin".  Maybe he rolls those, I
don't mind rolling them for him if he's not inclined to do it.

Coming into 2020, I think we should have monthly previews beginning one
month after 7.4.0 GA until we reach the normal alpha period. (Preceding
sentence is entirely provisional and subject to review as that time
approaches)

-Sara

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