Re: [VOTE] Release Manager Selection

On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 12:10 PM Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > On Mon, 18 May 2026, Tim Düsterhus wrote: > > > I just opened voting for the “Release Manager Selection” policy RFC. > > > > The RFC text is in: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/release_manager_selection_policy > > The PR with > > the actual policy is: > > https://github.com/php/policies/pull/28 The > > discussion thread is: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130470��d > > ��z)�31U > > > > Voting runs until 2026-06-01 12:00:00 UTC. There is a single primary > > vote to cast. > > I voted no on this. Not because of the policies themselves, but because > "hands-off" and "hands-on" are phrases from a school yard — and > suggestions to come up with better names were ignored. > > cheers, > Derick > > ^^^This - I voted no for the same reason. If the RFC passes, I plan to write up a follow-up to change the terms. After discussion with some other release managers and developers at PHPTek, I haven't heard any arguments *against" the terms "Veteran release manager" and "Co-release managers". Those terms would also makes it clear that * the veteran need not be "hands-off", that can be decided by the RM team * the veteran is clearly a veteran (from the name) rather than just someone who doesn't do much ("hands-off") and you have to check the policy to understand why * the veteran is still involved in things, even if they are not making the actual releases -Daniel