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Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 09:05:46 +0200
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To: Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com>
Cc: Leigh <leight@gmail.com>, PHP Internals <internals@lists.php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] 7.0 Release Management
From: tyrael@php.net (Ferenc Kovacs)

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On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyrael@php.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 2:38 AM, Leigh <leight@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> With 7.0 feature freeze in effect, and proposals and RFCs still coming
> in
> >> that are going to target 7.1, I think it's time we branched master and
> >> selected a release manager (or two) for 7.0.
> >>
> >> Traditionally the newer RM from the previous release stays on, and a
> new RM
> >> is introduced who will remain for the next two releases. So in this
> case it
> >> would be Ferenc + 1.
> >>
> >> However this is a major release and we obviously have to make sure
> Ferenc
> >> is happy to keep this position. So, Ferenc? How do you feel? :)
> >>
> >> Do we have any candidates willing to put their name forward as possible
> >> second RM?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Leigh.
> >>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think it would be better to have the RMs selected sooner than later.
> > From my personal experience having an RM who has also has to RM the
> > previous version is a bit sub-optimal, and for a major version it would
> be
> > better to have two dedicated people who can focus on the 7.0 release
> only.
> > Having said that I'm willing to take on the role for 7.0 if there are no
> > better options available, but in this case the other RM should be
> somebody
> > with strong php-src knowledge to compensate for my shortcomings.
> > About the potential volunteers for co-RMing, I remember Kalle explicitly
> > volunteer for 7.0, and I also have some vague recollection seeing both
> > Pierre and Derick mention to villing to RM, but I can be wrong there.
> > If there are others who wanna apply, please speak up, usually there
> aren't
> > many people to chose from, but I think the more options the better.
>
> I fully agree.
>
> From A RM point of view, I agree with other here, I could not think of
> a better person than you as one of the RMs. You did and still do a
> fantastic job, keeping things up and running, awesome communications,
> etc. As a 2nd RM, I would like someone with good low level knowledge
> and have a given objectivity. Anthony would be awesome, now that he is
> back :)
>
> I also agree that branching too early will create some extra work
> which may be counter productive for now.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Pierre
>
> @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org
>
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Hi,

bumping the thread as we should start the release steps (branching out 7.0,
tagging the first alpha or more likely beta) if we wanna keep up with
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php7timeline

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