Hi,
After some discussion with David and Julien we come up with the following
timetable for the 5.6 release: https://wiki.php.net/todo/php56#timetable
So first alpha in January(we calculated with 4 alphas), first beta in
March(we calculated with 4 betas), first RC in May(we calculated with 2
RCs, but we will see), and we would like to have a final release in June.
As you probably all remember the first beta usually means feature freeze,
so no new additions are allowed, only fixes, so the code can stabilize in
the beta and RC phase.
Learning from the past we would also like to introduce a new rule about not
accepting new RFCs targeting 5.6.0 after the first alpha is shipped,
because given the discussion and voting period it can force us into a spot
where we have to chose between
- sticking with the original timetable, but introducing destabilizing
changes after the feature freeze
- or having to delay/reject an already voted an accepted feature
- or to delay the first beta (and the feature freeze)
I hope we can agree that none of those options are desirable, so I would
like to ask you to hurry up with the new RFCs, if you want it to introduce
something interesting and/or useful addition to 5.6!