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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Release Managers for PHP 8.6
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From: php@beccati.com (Matteo Beccati)

Hi Volker,

Il 03/03/2026 16:38, Volker Dusch ha scritto:
> Please put your name forward here if you wish to be considered a candidate.
> An initial "TODO" page exists on the wiki and contains provisional
> dates for GA and pre-releases [2].
> 
> You can apply until the 30th of March. Voting will start on the 31st of March.

I'd also like to put my name forward for the 8.6 RM election.

I'm familiar with PHP internals, but not much with the ZE/JIT inner 
workings.

I've been granted commit rights since the PHP 5.3 era, and my work has 
focused mainly on pdo/pdo_pgsql. Over the years I've successfully led a 
couple of RFCs, the most recent being the driver‑specific SQL parsers 
for PDO in PHP 8.4.

I recently turned 50, which means I can now officially say I've been 
contributing to open source for 25 years. Since 20+ years I've also been 
organising phpday and other tech conferences in Italy.

For several years I've been running a custom CI pipeline that builds PHP 
nightly and tests a selection of popular projects, helping identify 
segfaults or potential BC breaks early so they can be fixed or reported 
upstream.

Good luck to all fellow candidates!


Cheers
-- 
Matteo Beccati
https://beccati.com