===== Release Managers =====

  * Julien Pauli (jpauli@php.net)
  * Ferenc Kovacs (tyrael@php.net)

===== Timetable =====
^ Date           ^ Release         ^ Comment            ^
| Jan 16 2014    | Alpha1          | No new RFCs        |
| March 16 2014  | Beta1           | No new features    |
| May 16 2014    | RC1             |                    |
| June 16 2014   | Final           |                    |

===== RFC merged =====

  * [[rfc:debug-info|__debugInfo() magic method]]\\ Support get_debug_info hook for userspace classes
  * [[rfc:pow-operator|Exponential operator]]\\ Exponential operator
  * [[rfc:use_function|Importing namespaced functions]]\\ Proposes to allow importing namespaced functions through a new `use function` sequence.
  * [[rfc:const_scalar_exprs|Constant Scalar Expressions (with constants)]]\\ This RFC proposes adding support for Constant Scalar Expressions with support for constants being operands.
  * [[rfc:incompat_ctx|Remove calls from incompatible context]]\\ Calls from incompatible context deprecated in 5.6 (will be removed in next version).
  * [[rfc:variadics|Dedicated syntax for variadic functions]]\\ This RFC introduces a dedicated syntax for variadic functions.
  * [[rfc:argument_unpacking|Argument unpacking]]\\ This RFC proposes a syntax for argument unpacking.
  * [[rfc:operator_overloading_gmp|Internal operator overloading and GMP improvements]]\\ Add support for operator overloading in internal classes and improve GMP using it
  * [[rfc:phpdbg|phpdbg]]\\ Distribute phpdbg with PHP, a PHP debugger
  * [[rfc:slim_post_data|Slim POST data]]\\ Use a temp PHP stream for HTTP payload.
  * [[rfc:crypt_function_salt|Crypt() function salt]]\\ This RFC proposes changing crypt() function's salt parameter treatment.
  * [[rfc:fpm_change_hat|Apparmor change_hat functionality for php-fpm]]\\ Proposes to add the possibility to change to a different hat under the apparmor LSM
  * [[rfc:tls-peer-verification|TLS Peer Verification]]\\ Enable peer verification by default for encrypted client streams.
  * [[rfc::improved-tls-defaults|Improved TLS Defaults]]\\ Implement more secure defaults for encrypted stream transfers
  * [[rfc:default_encoding|Default character encoding]]\\ Default character encoding handling in PHP.
  * [[rfc:pack_unpack_64bit_formats|64 bit format codes for pack() and unpack()]]\\ Adds format codes for converting 64 bit integers to and from binary strings.
  * [[rfc:timing_attack|Timing attack safe string comparison function]]\\ New function to perform time-constant string comparison (Created 2013/12/22)

===== Todos =====

=== RM stuff ===
  * Make sure that we don't have unintentional BC breaks, and every change is mentioned in the appropriate place (NEWS/UPGRADING/etc.).
  * Work together with the documentation team, so the docs are already up to date when the final 5.6.0 is released.
  * Make sure that the credits are up-to-date(ext/standard/credits.c, ext/standard/credits_ext.h, ext/standard/credits_sapi.h).

=== Engine ===

  * Engine changes should be reported to Zend team for OPCache patching if needed (ping dmitry/laruence).

=== Core ===

   * Merge UTF-8 IO support for Windows patch (this is still not done, I think this should wait for the next version)
   * Sort out the unserialize issue(provide an upgrade path for phpunit and co.).

=== Extensions ===

== Sqlite ==
  * Update to latest sqlite3 (3.8.0.2+)