Re: Re: Branch off PHP-7.4 early

On 24.01.2019 at 15:52, Nikita Popov wrote: > I'd like to bring this up again. Typed properties has been merged, so we > currently don't have any major code changes pending. To clarify what > exactly I'm proposing: > > * Create the PHP-7.4 branch now/soon, rather than in summer. > * master will be PHP 8.0. > * All changes are applied to the lowest applicable branch and then merged > up as usual, including to PHP-7.4 and master. > * NEWS mentions for bug fixes are only added up to PHP-7.3. They are not > added on the PHP-7.4 branch, just like for master. (Excluding changes that > are only in 7.4/8.0, of course.) > * All feature additions can generally still go to the PHP-7.4 branch, > there is no freeze. > * Backwards incompatible changes and major internal API changes can go to > master (assuming they are accepted through the usual processes). IMHO, a sensible compromise to allow starting real work on PHP 8 while still keeping 7.4 open for feature additions. If we do so, I wonder whether we should prepone the 7.4 RM selection. I had planned to issue a call for volunteers in early March, but maybe it would be good to have RMs available earlier to supervise the PHP-7.4 branch. -- Christoph M. Becker