Re: [PHP 8.2] Feature freeze and new branch tomorrow

On 19.07.2022 at 09:38, Jakub Zelenka wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jul 2022, 02:57 Ben Ramsey, <ramsey@php.net> wrote: > >> We plan to cut the new PHP-8.2 branch tomorrow around 16:00 UTC. If >> there are still PRs open that folks have already discussed and agreed >> should go into 8.2, it's fine if they aren't merged yet. It'll all be >> taken care of. If a vote closes tomorrow after the branch is cut, and it >> passes, it will still make it into 8.2, so nothing to worry about there.. > > I think this is not how it was done for previous version branches. I think > we created them when it got to RC stage. Any new features are on hold and > we (core devs) should mainly concentrate on bugs during beta. I would > prefer if it could stay that way as it reduces time of merging things. Indeed, docs/release-process.md is not up to date with our latest practices[1][2] where we only cut the branch prior to RC1. I suggest to stick with that, and to update the documentation accordingly. [1] <https://externals.io/message/111849> [2] <https://externals.io/message/115906> -- Christoph M. Becker