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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Branching off PHP7 and electing RMs
From: jpauli@php.net (Julien Pauli)

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On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Julien Pauli <jpauli@php.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello people.
>>>
>>> Time is going, and summer is coming.
>>>
>>> I think we must have branched 7.0 until end of May, and have our 2 RMs
>>> elected.
>>>
>>> Don't forget we are starting a long testing process, and some people
>>> start
>>> having some PRs to target 7.1, so we need to branch.
>>>
>>> The plans are to branch so that we prevent any not-wanted merge, and
>>> focus
>>> on stabilization.
>>> Start a calendar about our first alpha as well.
>>>
>>> If we want 7.0 to be released around October/November , we need to hand=
le
>>> those tasks right now.
>>>
>>> Thoughts ? ;-)
>>>
>>> Julien.Pauli
>>>
>>
>> We put together a roadmap for 7.0 with Kalle:
>> https://wiki.php.net/todo/php70
>> Then the idea was brought up that we should consider other candidates
>> other than him, and we got sidetracked but did not really decide anythin=
g.
>> I agree that it would be nice sorting it out ASAP, but having the first
>> alpha on may 15th isn't feasible anymore.
>> I've created a vote about the RMs, this isn't something we used to do in
>> the past for (s)electing the RMs, but seeing how we couldn't reach an
>> agreement on the first round I think it would help sorting this out fast=
:
>> https://wiki.php.net/todo/php70#vote
>>
>> Not sure that this should be a one or two week long poll, let's see what
>> others think.
>>
>> --
>> Ferenc Kov=C3=A1cs
>> @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu
>>
>
> would be nice if we could get a couple of votes more!
>

I just voted :-)

OK, so let's wait a little bit more before branching.

I admit that having one more branch will turn any merge into more complex
work, even for PHP5 only developers - bug fixers.


Julien.P

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