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Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:30:56 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: 5.1.0 Release Process
From: pierre@dotgeek.org (Pierre-Alain Joye)

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 07:52:04 -0400
Wez Furlong <kingwez@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6/30/05, Pierre-Alain Joye <pierre@dotgeek.org> wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > I would like to have 5.1 branches. Stopping the developements
> > for nearly a month for an already feautures freezed release.
> > What's branche it after beta2?
> 
> What are you planning to do in those 3 weeks?

I have 2 things in mind now (ext/date being out of my mind
actually....):

ext/gd
- sync with official GD (both directions this time)
  * gif write mode and partial rewrite of the read mode.
  * Drop GD1 extern support
  * Drop FT1 support

ext/xmlwriter
include it so it "can" be tested


> Personally, I'd find it really irritating to have to merge across
> branches for PDO changes in that timespan.  Unless it's really
> important, we should avoid creating branches.  Keep in mind that
> the tree will be mostly frozen while the unicode stuff is merged
> in too.

I know how annoying it is :)


That raises again the possible need to split ext/* from the "core"
repository, all together 5.1 stops commits for 2 months until it is
released, sounds a bit too much to me. Am I alone to have some
spare times during summer hollydays? ;)

However, not like I will not survive to do not commit, not the 1st
time for 5.1 ;) So if everyone likes to stop public developements
during the whole 5.1 releases phases, fine with me.

Regards,

--Pierre