Hi internals, I've enjoyed working as an 8.5 RM, and so am volunteering to serve as the veteran RM for 8.6.
-Daniel On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 9:36 AM Volker Dusch <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > Every year in March we start the process of finding candidates who > want to volunteer as Release Managers (RMs) for the next PHP release. > > We are looking for two new (rookie) RMs and one veteran RM. > > Should you be elected, you will be guided and helped by the current, > as well as previous RMs and the documentation in release-process.md > [1]. > > To perform the tasks outlined in [1], candidates should: > - be confident contributing to and working with the PHP internals mailing > list. > - understand PHP's backward compatibility guarantees - including where > they do not apply. > - be able to triage bugs, in collaboration with core developers. > - liaise effectively with previous release managers. > - have a working knowledge of Git, including branching and merging. > > ... as these skills reflect the key responsibilities you will take on > as a release manager. > > Ideally, at least one of the candidates for the rookie RM role should > have some experience with php-src as the ability to assess more > technical PR's will come in handy. Other candidates do not necessarily > need to have deep knowledge of internals but should understand the > above-mentioned points. > > You should be confident that you can volunteer a couple of hours on > one Tuesday and Thursday every other month over the coming years. > Additionally, extra time will be required in the month leading up to > the .0 release as the alpha/beta/RC phases are more frequent and more > decisions have to be made there. > > > Please put your name forward here if you wish to be considered a candidate. > An initial "TODO" page exists on the wiki and contains provisional > dates for GA and pre-releases [2]. > > You can apply until the 30th of March. Voting will start on the 31st of > March. > > > If you have any questions on the process, check out the post from my > co-RM Daniel [3] that goes into more detail. Also, feel free to reach > out to me, or Daniel, if you have further questions. > > [1] https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/docs/release-process.md > [2] https://wiki.php.net/todo/php86 > [3] https://scherzer.dev/Blog/20260218-release-manager-notes > > PHP is a community-driven project, and your help would be greatly > appreciated. > > Your 8.5 RMs, > Volker, Daniel, and Pierrick >
