Re: README.RELEASE_PROCESS: misleading branching info?

On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 6:37 AM, Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> wrote: > 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. > "the main branch" is quite misleading, I agree. It should perhaps be something like: 4a. If this is an alpha release, checkout the master branch. 4b. If this is a beta release, checkout the previously forked development branch (e.g. PHP-7.3) 4c. For RC releases, checkout a release branch (e.g. PHP-7.2.0) cut from the appropriate maintenance branch (e.g. PHP-7.2) if required. > 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]. > Indeed it is. The timetable I wrote up prior to the RM selection also notes this: https://wiki.php.net/todo/php73 -Sara