On Thu, 2018-04-19 at 23:30 +0200, Christoph M. Becker wrote: > On 19.04.2018 at 17:00, Sara Golemon wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 5:56 PM, Sara Golemon <poll...@php.net> > > wrote: > > > > > So, I woke up this morning and looked at my calendar, and I > > > realized > > > we're less than two months away from a timely release of 7.3.0- > > > alpha1. > > > This is somewhat awkward as we currently lack named Release > > > Managers > > > for the 7.3 branch. > > > > > > As usual, the role calls for two suckers^W volunteers to take on > > > this > > > task. Whomsoever is elected will be guided and helped by Remi and > > > I, > > > as well as previous RMs and the excellent documentation in > > > php-src:README.RELEASE_PROCESS. > > > > > > Candidates should have a reasonable knowledge of internals > > > (without > > > necessarily being a C guru), 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. > > > > > > 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. > > > https://wiki.php.net/todo/php73 > > > > Topic bump as nobody has tossed their hat in yet. There's some > > time > > left before the pre-release cycle starts, but it'd be nice to have > > some names before it gets down to the line. > > > > Kalle voluntold Nikita and Christoph, could those two respond with > > either "Yeah sure" or "No thanks"? > > Well, I'm pretty sure that there are more suitable RMs than myself, IMO you're one of those persons suitable for the RM role. Based on your activities and contributions.
> and > I'm not fond of committing myself to regular and important voluntary > work for several years, but "yeah sure", if nobody else steps > forward, > That's why it makes sense to have a duo team. But also other RMs can jump in, if necessary. Whereby yes, it would engage you for some longer term :) Regards Anatol
