todo:php80

PHP 8.0 Preparation Tasks

Elect managers

Triage bugs.php.net for PHP 8.0

Triage github pull requests

Push appropriate RFC at appropriate time

Timetable

Based upon PHP 7.4 release schedule Tag on Tuesday, release on Thursday

6 months pre-release phase Date Release Jun 25 2020 Alpha 1 Announce Files Jul 09 2020 Alpha 2 Announce Files Jul 23 2020 Alpha 3 Announce Files Aug 04 2020 Feature freeze Aug 06 2020 Beta 1 Announce Files Aug 20 2020 Beta 2 Announce Files Sep 03 2020 Beta 3 Announce Files Sep 17 2020 Beta 4 Oct 01 2020 RC 1 Oct 15 2020 RC 2 Oct 29 2020 RC 3 Nov 12 2020 RC 4 Nov 26 2020 GA Note that RC6 has been removed to align the schedule with the release of other active branches. 8.0.0's GA date of Nov 26th coincides with the scheduled releases of 7.4.13 and 7.3.25

Release Managers

Sara Golemon

Gabriel Caruso

Voting

Round One

There are four people who have thrown the hat in the ring: Ben Ramsey, Gabriel Caruso, Joe Ferguson, and Sara Golemon — with 4 people, we'll do ranked voting, so can vote four times, but make sure you select each candidate only once. Selection works following STV Voting ends at April 21st, at 16:00 UTC+1.

First Preference

PHP 8 RM - 1 Real name Ben Ramsey Gabriel Caruso Joe Ferguson Sara Golemon ab (ab) asgrim (asgrim) beberlei (beberlei) bishop (bishop) bmajdak (bmajdak) brzuchal (brzuchal) bwoebi (bwoebi) carusogabriel (carusogabriel) cmb (cmb) danack (danack) daverandom (daverandom) derick (derick) duncan3dc (duncan3dc) duodraco (duodraco) galvao (galvao) geekcom (geekcom) girgias (girgias) grossolini (grossolini) heiglandreas (heiglandreas) kalle (kalle) kocsismate (kocsismate) krakjoe (krakjoe) lcobucci (lcobucci) malukenho (malukenho) mariano (mariano) nikic (nikic) ocramius (ocramius) petk (petk) pmjones (pmjones) pmmaga (pmmaga) pollita (pollita) ramsey (ramsey) remi (remi) salathe (salathe) sebastian (sebastian) seld (seld) sirsnyder (sirsnyder) stas (stas) svpernova09 (svpernova09) trowski (trowski) wyrihaximus (wyrihaximus) yunosh (yunosh) zeev (zeev) Final result: 7 2 1 33 This poll has been closed.

Second Preference

PHP 8 RM - 2 Real name Ben Ramsey Gabriel Caruso Joe Ferguson Sara Golemon asgrim (asgrim) beberlei (beberlei) bishop (bishop) brzuchal (brzuchal) bwoebi (bwoebi) carusogabriel (carusogabriel) cmb (cmb) danack (danack) daverandom (daverandom) derick (derick) duncan3dc (duncan3dc) duodraco (duodraco) galvao (galvao) geekcom (geekcom) girgias (girgias) grossolini (grossolini) heiglandreas (heiglandreas) kalle (kalle) krakjoe (krakjoe) lcobucci (lcobucci) nikic (nikic) ocramius (ocramius) petk (petk) pmjones (pmjones) pmmaga (pmmaga) pollita (pollita) ramsey (ramsey) remi (remi) salathe (salathe) sebastian (sebastian) seld (seld) sirsnyder (sirsnyder) stas (stas) svpernova09 (svpernova09) trowski (trowski) wyrihaximus (wyrihaximus) yunosh (yunosh) zeev (zeev) Final result: 12 19 1 6 This poll has been closed.

Third Preference

PHP 8 RM - 3 Real name Ben Ramsey Gabriel Caruso Joe Ferguson Sara Golemon asgrim (asgrim) beberlei (beberlei) bishop (bishop) bwoebi (bwoebi) carusogabriel (carusogabriel) cmb (cmb) danack (danack) daverandom (daverandom) derick (derick) duncan3dc (duncan3dc) duodraco (duodraco) galvao (galvao) geekcom (geekcom) girgias (girgias) heiglandreas (heiglandreas) krakjoe (krakjoe) lcobucci (lcobucci) nikic (nikic) ocramius (ocramius) petk (petk) pmjones (pmjones) pmmaga (pmmaga) pollita (pollita) ramsey (ramsey) remi (remi) salathe (salathe) sebastian (sebastian) seld (seld) sirsnyder (sirsnyder) svpernova09 (svpernova09) trowski (trowski) wyrihaximus (wyrihaximus) yunosh (yunosh) Final result: 15 7 11 0 This poll has been closed.

Fourth Preference

PHP 8 RM - 4 Real name Ben Ramsey Gabriel Caruso Joe Ferguson Sara Golemon asgrim (asgrim) beberlei (beberlei) bishop (bishop) brzuchal (brzuchal) bwoebi (bwoebi) carusogabriel (carusogabriel) cmb (cmb) derick (derick) duncan3dc (duncan3dc) duodraco (duodraco) galvao (galvao) geekcom (geekcom) girgias (girgias) heiglandreas (heiglandreas) krakjoe (krakjoe) lcobucci (lcobucci) nikic (nikic) ocramius (ocramius) petk (petk) pmjones (pmjones) pmmaga (pmmaga) pollita (pollita) ramsey (ramsey) remi (remi) salathe (salathe) seld (seld) sirsnyder (sirsnyder) svpernova09 (svpernova09) trowski (trowski) wyrihaximus (wyrihaximus) Final result: 5 4 18 3 This poll has been closed.

Round Two