Re: PHP7 RM

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Kalle Sommer Nielsen <kalle@php.net> wrote: > Happy holidays (and the new year to come) internals > > With the ongoing effort to focus resources into PHP7, we are yet to > elect a release master (or two) for PHP7. > > Since this is done traditionally by > 'who-have-the-time-to-invest-being-this', I think its about time we > think about who will be able to do this massive task for our first > major release in over a decade. > > We currently have 2 idea pages on the wiki available[1][2], listing > some ideas and thoughts that we should consider for the new release. > There is also the old PHP6 TODO list with some items merged into the > PHP5 branch over time, some might still be appealing to consider for > PHP7[3]. The RFC section on the wiki[4] is also booming with ideas and > some that have already made its way into PHP7. > > So all in all I think its time that we decide on a set of RMs to keep > this together, I for one would stand up to that role with someone else > as I have the time to dedicate towards this and the experience of how > our process and development work. > > > [1] https://wiki.php.net/ideas/php6 > [2] https://wiki.php.net/ideas/php6/engine > [3] https://wiki.php.net/todo/php60 > [4] https://wiki.php.net/rfc Nice call for volunteers :-) Oh, and you seem to volunteer yourself. Usually, the "second" RM is the RM of the latest stable branch, so it should be Ferenc from 5.6 , however we have not statused about 5.7 yet. Anyway I may help co-RMing if needed as well. Julien.Pauli