Hello Internals, I would like to support Eric Mann's efforts as release manager. I've followed Eric's work for several years now and have been fortunate to meet in person at various conferences. I believe he would be an asset to the PHP project as a release manager.
On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 8:25 PM Ben Ramsey <ram...@php.net> wrote: > > On May 3, 2022, at 12:23, Aaron Junker <aaron.jun...@outlook.com> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > The week, where applications were open is over. And I also saw the > available candidates already got mentioned on the wiki page of PHP 8.2. So > I'm curious when will voting start and how long will it last? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Aaron > > > Our release manager selection process doesn’t specify a timeframe during > which applications should remain open, and Christoph didn’t specify any > dates/times in his initial email[^1]. In the past, we’ve left the > application period open for over a month or longer[^2]. > > However, given the late start to this process and the impending approach > of the first 8.2 alpha, we’ll speed things along a bit. > > According to the Release Process RFC[^3], “a week between the last call > and the vote should be sufficient.” > > **Consider this the “last call” for volunteers.** > > We will close applications on 10 May and open the polls for voting for one > week, with voting closing on 17 May. This will give the new RMs just under > a month to prepare for the Alpha 1 release on 9 June. > > Earlier, Joe tossed his name into the hat as the veteran RM “if no other > veteran comes forward.” He and I have discussed that it might be a good > practice to have one of the rookie RMs from the current release serve as > the veteran for the next release. In this way, any new advances or changes > to the process will be carried forward to the “next generation” much more > smoothly. (Please note, we’re not making this a formal rule. If we want to > codify this as a requirement, someone will make an RFC.) > > With that in mind, I’m volunteering as the veteran RM for 8.2. This > shouldn’t stop other veterans from volunteering. If that happens, we’ll > vote on the veteran RM, as well as the rookie. > > Best of luck, everyone! > > Cheers, > Ben > > > [^1]: https://externals.io/message/117595#117595 > [^2]: https://externals.io/message/113334#113334 > [^3]: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/releaseprocess#release_managers_selection > -- - Joe Ferguson JoeFerguson.me osmihelp.org
