Re: [RFC] [Discussion] Release cycle update

Le 10/11/2023 à 17:51, Jakub Zelenka a écrit :

Hello, I would like to propose a new process RFC for updates to PHP release cycle: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/release_cycle_update

Extending security support by one year

+1

Allowing recent regression fixes during security support

As regression are often discovered quickly, 12 months is perhaps too much. BTW, such fix will need RM approval, so +1

Disallowing new features completely in RC and bug fixing release

+1 With RM exception

Allow feature that do not require RFC in beta

+1 With RM approval

Reduce number of RC to 4

Yes pre-release cycle is long But RC time is used by other project for test/fix especially for pecl extension to fix compatibility IMHO 4 months seems fine for minor version (e.g. 8.4) but not enough for major version (e.g. 9.0)

The changes will apply immediately on the all currently supported branches from PHP-8.1.

It means that PHP-8.0 would get an extra year of security fixes if that proposal is accepted.

Hmm... this sentence is ambiguous ;) Should be 8.1 for both, right ? Remi