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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:29:40 +0100
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To: Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] INDRECT in arrays causes count() to become unpredictable
From: dz@heroku.com (David Zuelke)

On 23.11.2015, at 04:02, Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com> wrote:
>=20
> On Nov 23, 2015, at 00:48, Adam Harvey <aharvey@php.net> wrote:
>>=20
>> Here's an alternative suggestion: we've previously switched to one
>> week RC cycles late in the piece when trying to get major releases
>> stabilised and we're at the point of only fixing one or two things =
per
>> RC. That's exactly where we are now. Why don't we do that again =E2=80=94=

>> release a fix for this bug as an RC 8 this week, and then do a =
release
>> on December 3 if nothing else significant comes up?
>=20
> Still not entirely convinced this bug is major enough to warrant the
> delay. It seems right on the edge to me. But since it is on the edge
> there will be enough people who think it is major that we probably
> should wait on it. Doing a one-week RC8 this week and aiming for
> a Dec.3 release seems like a good solution to me.

That sounds like a good compromise indeed!