On Thu, 21 Mar 2024, Jim Winstead wrote: > On Thu, Mar 21, 2024, at 10:54 AM, Derick Rethans wrote: > > Hi! > > > > On Fri, 10 Nov 2023, Jakub Zelenka wrote: > > > >> I would like to propose a new process RFC for updates to PHP release > >> cycle: > >> > >> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/release_cycle_update > > > > I have just published version 0.2 of this proposal — I am taken this > > over from Jakub by agreement. > > > > I've slightly reordered it, addressed some comments from this thread, > > and added one new item: aligning the end of releases until Dec 31st, > > 20xx. > > > > Now that we have policy documents, my next step is to prepare PRs to > > https://github.com/php/policies/blob/main/feature-proposals.rst for each > > item, after a more general reset of the document to reflect current > > practises. > > > > The RFC is at https://wiki.php.net/rfc/release_cycle_update > > Could this RFC also be a good time to clarify what sort of BC changes > are actually allowed in major and minor releases, or should we save > that for a different RFC? (Because it's already been acknowledged that > the current written policy doesn't align with the practiced policy, > and I think it would be nice to get those in sync.)
I'm planning in doing a rewrite of the whole policy document on releases (https://github.com/php/policies/blob/main/release-process.rst) and then RFCing the changes. That document also contains as to what a bug fix is. cheers, Derick -- https://derickrethans.nl | https://xdebug.org | https://dram.io Author of Xdebug. Like it? Consider supporting me: https://xdebug.org/support mastodon: @derickr@phpc.social @xdebug@phpc.social
