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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 09:16:09 -0500
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To: Gabriel Caruso <carusogabriel@php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 8.0 branch cut - The Return
From: pollita@php.net (Sara Golemon)

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On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 5:00 PM Gabriel Caruso <carusogabriel@php.net>
wrote:
> I'm gonna borrow Nikita's idea, and tag RC1 today without cutting the
PHP-8.0 branch.
>
Late to the conversation, but I stand by Gabriel's call to proceed with
release names as-is, but defer branching till RC2.

To be clear, we're calling the ABI frozen from this release (RC1).  Changes
to the ABI should be duly considered and rejected if not essential.

The user-facing API (of particular concern to named parameters) may be
considered still (partially) fluid up until RC4, but please take every
measure to finalize these changes sooner rather than later.  We want
external testing to be meaningful, and that only happens with a stable API.

At this time, we should consider RC2 as a firm branch cut date. If we still
have a high enough volume of changes going into 8.0 to make merging
problematic, then we have a more fundamental issue with the release and it
will be time to consider delaying GA through the holidays. _Nobody_ wants
that.

Thank you to folks working on the JIT for reaching a stable point for
release, and thank you to the folks working on named parameters for their
continued dedication to getting our public API into a solid state.
And of course, thank you to everyone who's been contributing to PHP for
both this release and the 25 years of our storied history.  I treasure you
all. =E2=9D=A4=EF=B8=8F

-Sara

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