README.RELEASE_PROCESS: misleading branching info?

Hi! README.RELEASE_PROCESS[1] states in the “Rolling a non stable release (alpha/beta/RC)” section[2]: | 4. Checkout the release branch for this release (e.g., PHP-5.4.2) from | the main branch. However, it seems that the PHP-x.y.z release branch is usually only cut shortly before GA[3]. Furthermore, the “Forking a new release branch” section states that the PHP-x.y branch is supposed to be cut shortly before the first beta release[4]. So what is the proper procedure here? [1] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/README.RELEASE_PROCESS> [2] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/README.RELEASE_PROCESS#L66> [3] <http://news.php.net/php.internals/101084> [4] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/README.RELEASE_PROCESS#L338-L341> -- Christoph M. Becker