Re: Re: PHP 7.4 Release Manager Selection

On 11.03.2019 at 15:19, Derick Rethans wrote: > On Mon, 11 Mar 2019, Christoph M. Becker wrote: > >> On 04.03.2019 at 17:28, Christoph M. Becker wrote: >> >>> With the first alpha of 7.4 due in three months, I think it's time >>> to start the process of finding and electing release managers for >>> the next minor release of PHP. >>> >>> We are looking for two souls to take on this role. Whomsoever is >>> elected will be guided and helped by Stas and me, as well as >>> previous RMs and the excellent documentation in >>> php-src:README.RELEASE_PROCESS. >>> >>> Candidates should have a reasonable knowledge of internals (without >>> necessarily being a C guru), be confident about merging pull >>> requests without breaking backward compatibility, doing triage for >>> bugs, liaising with previous release managers, and generally getting >>> the branch in good shape, as these are among the activities you will >>> be undertaking as release manager. >>> >>> Please put your name forward here if you wish to be considered a >>> candidate. An initial TODO page has been added to the wiki and >>> contains provisional dates for GA and pre-releases: >>> <https://wiki.php.net/todo/php74> >> >> Peter Kokot is willing to volunteer as release manager (thanks!) Is >> someone willing to team up with Peter? Are there further candidates? > > I can help out. Great! Since we only have two volunteers, there's no need for a vote. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you your PHP 7.4 Release Managers: Peter Kokot and Derick Rethans I suggest that both of you walk through the “New Release Manager Checklist”[1] soonish, since it may take a while to actually get the required karma (unless already granted). [1] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/e67d872e3ea9c8d5d7fd96e7f20f15883bfe42ba/README.RELEASE_PROCESS#L379> -- Christoph M. Becker