Re: PHP 8.0 branch cut - The Return

On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 at 14:29, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 2:18 PM Remi Collet <remi@php.net> wrote: > > > Le 29/09/2020 à 11:55, Máté Kocsis a écrit : > > > > > Personally, I think releasing RC1 is realistic now, since parameter > > > names in the most important extensions (- ext/spl) have already been > > > reviewed. > > > > I agree, nice to have "internal" API freezed, and released > > to give extension maintainer enough time > > > > I think parameter names (public API) still can change in next RC > > as named parameters are not yet widely used. > > > > If we choose for another beta, this probably means we'll have > > to move GA date by 2 weeks (to keep same RC time, already reduced). > > > > I'm also fine with doing the ABI freeze already now. I don't have any ABI > impacting work planned, the attributes/strict_types changes were the last > bit. > > In that case: > * Bump ABI numbers and tag RC1 today > * Continue working on parameter names afterwards > * Cut the PHP-8.0 branch sometime in the next two weeks > > Nikita > I'm gonna borrow Nikita's idea, and tag RC1 today without cutting the PHP-8.0 branch. Thanks everyone for your input.