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Subject: 5.1.0 Release Process
From: andi@zend.com (Andi Gutmans)

Sorry to break up the allow_url_fopen discussion but I think that thread is 
getting a bit old already and definitely clogging up the mailing list. 
(hint hint)

I'd like to start moving forward with the 5.1.0 release process. It seems 
we are in quite good shape but as we have had many patches since Beta 2 we 
definitely need another Beta. There is also an sqlite upgrade coming within 
a day.

I suggest to release Beta 3 in a bit over a week (Friday, July 8th), and 
then go into a feature freeze towards RC1. Depending on the stability, I'd 
aim for RC1 within two weeks of the beta (branching it off to PHP_5_1) and 
then start merging Unicode work into HEAD. This merge will probably take a 
couple of weeks and will be done mainly by Andrei and Dmitry. At that time, 
we shouldn't disrupt the tree too much as the merge will be quite hard.

As far as PHP_5_0 branch is concerned. We should slowly fade it out but I 
suggest to still commit important fixes as we might find ourselves in a 
situation where we need to release additional mini releases (critical bugs, 
security bugs, etc).

So to summarize a schedule I suggest:
a) 5.1.0 Beta 3 Friday, July 8th.
b) Release & branch 5.1.0 RC1 July 15-22nd
c) Mid-July start merging Unicode into HEAD. Until end of July minimum 
changes to HEAD.

I think it's a good balance between releasing a stable 5.1.0 and allowing 
the Unicode support to make good progress and give a chance to a larger 
audience to help out adding Unicode support to extensions.

Anyone who still has some comments or fixes/modifications to commit before 
Beta 3 please let me know...

Thanks.

Andi