On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 8:50 PM, Andi Gutmans <a...@zend.com> wrote: >> On Nov 8, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Rasmus Lerdorf <ras...@lerdorf.com> wrote: >> >> On 11/08/2015 05:16 PM, Anatol Belski wrote: >>> Exactly, the relevant patches are going into RC7 which is then out on 12th >>> instead of GA. The next closest release slot were then Nov 26th, either for >>> GA or for RC8 (but better not try to predict). If it stands good, we might >>> have no reason to wait until the Mrs. Lovelace birthday party :) >> >> We should try really hard to get it out on the 26th. Once we get into >> December people start to disappear. Nov.26 is American Thanksgiving >> though, but I don't think that should interfere. > > I think thanksgiving is not a great time to releasing something so > significant. Most folks in the US are on time off and you won’t get as much > interest. > > If we do need to postpone I’d aim for Nov 30th or Dec 1st then. My experience > is that as long as you’re in the first two weeks of December you still get > people. After the 14th you slow down…. > > I know we are open-source and release when it’s ready but I think for such a > huge deal it is worth waiting three more working days. > > Btw, do we want to do something special on php.net <http://php.net/>? Front > page? Not the sexiest site as-is so maybe gives us an excuse to spice up the > front page? > > Just my 2 cents. > Andi
Hey Andi. Why not, but we should release on a thursday, as our RM planning is focused on this day. That would lead us to Dec 3rd. Exceptions can happen, though it would be better to fit our 2-weeks-centered-on-thursdays cycle. Julien.Pauli -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
