Re: 5.1.0 Release Process

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:10:15 -0700 andi@zend.com (Andi Gutmans) wrote: > Sorry to break up the allow_url_fopen discussion but I think that > thread is getting a bit old already and definitely clogging up > the mailing list. (hint hint) > > I'd like to start moving forward with the 5.1.0 release process. > It seems we are in quite good shape but as we have had many > patches since Beta 2 we definitely need another Beta. There is > also an sqlite upgrade coming within a day. > > I suggest to release Beta 3 in a bit over a week (Friday, July > 8th), and then go into a feature freeze towards RC1. Depending on > the stability, I'd aim for RC1 within two weeks of the beta > (branching it off to PHP_5_1) and then start merging Unicode work > into HEAD. This merge will probably take a couple of weeks and > will be done mainly by Andrei and Dmitry. At that time, we > shouldn't disrupt the tree too much as the merge will be quite > hard. > > As far as PHP_5_0 branch is concerned. We should slowly fade it > out but I suggest to still commit important fixes as we might > find ourselves in a situation where we need to release additional > mini releases (critical bugs, security bugs, etc). > > So to summarize a schedule I suggest: > a) 5.1.0 Beta 3 Friday, July 8th. > b) Release & branch 5.1.0 RC1 July 15-22nd > c) Mid-July start merging Unicode into HEAD. Until end of July > minimum changes to HEAD. > > I think it's a good balance between releasing a stable 5.1.0 and > allowing the Unicode support to make good progress and give a > chance to a larger audience to help out adding Unicode support to > extensions. Nice plan thanks :) I would like to have 5.1 branches. Stopping the developements for nearly a month for an already feautures freezed release. What's branche it after beta2? Regards, --Pierre