Last steps towards 5.3.0

Hi, it was a long run so far and it's time to really take the last steps to get the beast out. For this Lukas and I decided on the following plan: June 10th (today): We package RC3, until then only critical build fixes and similar which have to go in the RC, after review (highlight me on IRC, mail etc.) June 11th: RC3 will be released June 11th-17th A small window for critical fixes and again please check beforehand as we don't want to introduce any new bugs that late in the game. June 17th In case there were commits after RC3 we will package a RC 4 on Wednesday next week June 18th If needed publish RC4 June 18th - June 24th The plan is to repackage RC4 as 5.3.0 final in the beginning of the week of the 21st without any further changes so we can test the packages. In case something critical, unexpected, pops up please notify us asap. June 25th 2009 Release PHP 5.3.0 final. We hope this works out as planned and are excited to finally being close to the release. Lukas and Johannes