We Want Quality

The recent trouble has shown that our release process is far from being perfect. In order to achieve better quality releases, I urge the PHP community to adopt a couple of simple rules: Do not release anything untested. This will delay releases until all obvious bugs are found. That is good. This will also catch bugs which were introduced through other bug fixes. That leads to the second postulate: Do not add features during release time. The simplest feature can break something. Changes are bad. Avoid them. Do not act hasty. Release candidates can get thrown out hourly, if necessary. The final release candidate should be available to the public for at least five days. - Sascha