Re: [RFC] Release Manager Selection

Hi Tim, Thank you for this RFC. Though I do have some concerns towards the new direction. What was the initial idea to split between rookies and veterans? As a candidate for 8.6 it feels as a chance/opportunity  to get more involved, and to build up experience as a RM (and more) as opposed to a veteran who already had the opportunity to do so. With the new policy it would essentially allow only veterans to be RM with 2 hands-on and 1 hands-off and perhaps include more favoritism to a more experienced RM rather than someone with a clean record. The terminology of rookie lowers the bar a little to allow this in my opinion. The veteran is there to advise the others. I don’t see why this needs to be hands-off. As long as there are always 2 hands-on available. So to that I am in favour of Ben’s wording. — Regards, Jordi On Mar 27, 2026 at 19:17 +0100, Tim Düsterhus <tim@bastelstu.be>, wrote: > Hi > > please find the following RFC that is intended to clarify the “Release > Manager Selection” policy for future PHP versions: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/release_manager_selection_policy > > It is written in response to this email in the PHP 8.6 RM selection > thread that pointed out possible ambiguity with regard to who is allowed > to apply as a RM and as to how to interpret the results of the vote: > https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130402 > > Best regards > Tim Düsterhus