Re: PHP 7.0.0 final RTM delay

On Thu, 3 Dec 2015, François Laupretre wrote: > Le 03/12/2015 12:28, Pierre Joye a écrit : > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@php.net> > > wrote: > > > Am 03.12.2015 um 12:10 schrieb Pierre Joye: > > > > In my world, we build softwares from sources, then we may found > > > > issues. We patch the sources to fix them and make everything work > > > > together smoothly. > > > Are you suggesting that PHP 7.0.0 will be changed, re-tagged, and then > > > released without a new release candidate if you find a problem building > > > it for Windows? > > Can you at least give me the illusion that you read our answers? It is > > not only about windows. > > > > I think it is confusing enough without trying to add more > > "suggestions" to the stack. > > > > What I am saying is simple. Openssl will release security related > > fixes today. Most if not all of them will hit 3rd party > > packagers/distros today/tomorrow/soon. Now, after discussions, waiting > > a couple of hours more sounds like a sane (if not only) move to ensure > > that everything goes well with openssl and php 7. If that's not the > > case, for example openssl breaks BC again, then it is a problem in > > openssl and they should delay their release or distros/3rd parties > > will delay the patches. It won't have an impact on today planed > > release of php 7. > > > For subsequent important releases, could we introduce a concept of 'frozen > zone' of one or two days before the planned release date. That concept already exists. See line 11 and 12 (second item!!) at http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=blob;f=README.RELEASE_PROCESS cheers, Derick