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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 11:30:56 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [8.1] Release Manager Election
From: patrickallaert@php.net (Patrick ALLAERT)

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Le mar. 6 avr. 2021 =C3=A0 00:00, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> a =C3=A9cr=
it :

> Happy Monday, everyone (unless it's Tuesday, in which case: Happy
> Tuesday!);
>
> We've had an INCREDIBLE turn-out for PHP 8.1 Release Manager selection th=
is
> year.
>
> In the role of "Veteran" release manager, Joe Watkins[0] has kindly stepp=
ed
> up and offered to mentor two rookies, so there will be two seats up for
> grabs, even though Joe will be an automatic selection (as the only
> available veteran).
>
> For those two rookie seats, we've got eight eager candidates for your
> consideration [1-8].  Some of these included a statement about their
> background with their initial email volunteering for the role, the rest I
> encourage to reply to this thread providing some background on why they'l=
l
> be awesome.
>
> In one week, I'll open the voting on https://wiki.php.net/todo/php81 usin=
g
> "Single Transferrable Vote" (STV).  Those who participated in prior
> elections will recognize the format, for the reset: the TL;DR is that it
> allows each voter to state their preference order by voting multiple
> times.  There will be six votes on the wiki for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th,
> and 6th preference.  Using some math that I'll leave to Wikipedia[9] to
> explain, we'll start with the 1st preference and gradually remove
> candidates with the fewest votes, transferring votes that had previously
> gone to them to their voter's 2nd preference, and so on.  Once two
> candidates have a quorum (Droop quota), those will be officially selected
> as our RMs.  Derick Rethans has volunteered to proctor the tabulation of
> the votes since he still has scripts from last year. :)
>
> As you consider each candidate, please bear in mind that this is a 3.5 ye=
ar
> commitment and is a position of trust.
>
> Thank you in advance for your consideration.
> Your 8.0 Release Managers,
> -Sara Golemon and Gabriel Caruso
>
> Vote Opens: 12 April 2021
> Vote Closes: 26 April 2021
>
> Refs:
> 0 - Joe Watkins: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/113882
> 1 - Adiel Cristo: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/113335
> 2 - Gunnard Engebreth: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/113438
> 3 - Harm Smits: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/113706
> 4 - Eric Van Johnson: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/113728
> 5 - Patrick Allaert: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/113737
> 6 - Sergey Panteleev: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/113760
> 7 - Ben Ramsey: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/113782
> 8 - Saif Eddin Gmati: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/113887
> 9 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote
>

Hello,

I haven't properly introduced myself yet.

I started developing with PHP 3 at the end of '98 and, apart from a 1,5
year intensive Python mission, I've never been far from PHP, following this
list for about 14 years.

I have been lucky to travel the world to various PHP conferences to speak
about subjects like: PHP extension creation, PHP Data Structures, Advanced
debugging techniques or about the PHP APM extension that I created in 2009.

Professionally, I have been a core developer of the Open Source eZ Publish
CMS (later eZ Platform then Ibexa DXP) before being a total
independant freelancer.

Today, I'm doing 40% of C development developing the Blackfire PHP
extension, and for other customers: 40% of PHP and 20% of sysadmin.

Not an author of any major Open Source library, but I frequently contribute
improving the components that I use, this includes PHP as well.
Last time I broke a lot of testsuites in the PHP ecosystem was when I
introduced the PHP notice: "Array to string conversion in...".
I remember that change pissed off some library/framework authors, but it
was for a good reason :)

I hope that I can bring back to PHP what it gave to me for more than half
of my lifetime!

Cheers,
Patrick

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