On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 3:37 PM Jakub Zelenka <bu...@php.net> wrote:
> Hi all, > > It's time to start the process of finding and electing RMs for the next > minor PHP release. > > We are looking for three souls to take on this role. Whomsoever is elected > will be guided and helped by the current, as well as previous RMs and the > excellent documentation in release-process.md [1]. > > Candidates should have a reasonable knowledge of internals, be confident > about merging pull requests without breaking backward compatibility, doing > triage for bugs, liaising with previous release managers, and generally > getting the branch in good shape, as these are among the activities you > will be undertaking as release manager. Ideally, at least one of > candidate should be a core developer that can assess more technical PR's. > Other candidates do not necessarily need to have deep knowledge of > internals but should understand above mentioned points. > > Notably, at least one of the volunteers must be a "veteran" release > manager, meaning they have participated in at least one release of PHP in > the past. The other may be an additional veteran, or more ideally, someone > new to the RM role (in order to increase our supply of veteran RMs). > > Please put your name forward here if you wish to be considered a > candidate. An initial TODO page has been added to the wiki and contains > provisional dates for GA and pre-releases [2]. > > [1] https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/docs/release-process.md > [2] https://wiki.php.net/todo/php84 > > Let's all make PHP awesome! > Jakub Zelenka, Eric Mann & Pierrick Charron > > Apology I forgot add the deadline for the volunteer search and the voting phase: Applications will be accepted until 31 March 2024 12:00:00 UTC Elections (if needed) will start on 1 April and run until 15 April 12:00:00 UTC Cheers Jakub
