===== Release Managers =====
* Kalle Sommer Nielsen (kalle@php.net) [ retired, see http://news.php.net/php.internals/89488 ]
* Anatol Belski (ab@php.net)
===== Vote ======
* Kalle & Ferenc
* Anatol & Ferenc
* Kalle & Anatol (with Ferenc's mentoring)
===== Timetable =====
^ Date ^ Release ^
| Jun 11 2015 | Alpha 1 |
| Jun 25 2015 | Alpha 2 |
| Jul 09 2015 | Beta 1 |
| Jul 23 2015 | Beta 2 |
| Aug 06 2015 | Beta 3 |
| Aug 20 2015 | RC 1 |
| Sep 03 2015 | RC 2 |
| Sep 17 2015 | RC 3 |
| Oct 01 2015 | RC 4 |
| Oct 15 2015 | RC 5 |
| Oct 29 2015 | RC 6 |
| Nov 12 2015 | RC 7 |
| Nov 26 2015 | RC 8 |
| Dec 03 2015 | GA |
Notes:
* The first beta marks the final feature freeze, all changes hereafter commits are only stabilization/fixes only
* Releases not yet given a 'title' are yet to be determined done
* Once 5.4 reaches EOL (Sep 14 2015), PHP 7 is branched out and master will become 7.1 done
===== Pull Requests to be merged =====
* Analyze and pick from Github: https://github.com/php/php-src/labels/PHP7
===== 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 7.0.0 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).
* Work together with the Windows team, make sure the website is up to date with minimum versions supported, libraries are updated and all that.
=== Engine ===
Dmitry, Nikita, Xinchen?
=== Extensions ===
* Make sure all extensions are ported and tests pass, take a look at: https://github.com/gophp7/gophp7-ext/wiki/extensions-catalog
=== Windows ===
* Ensure usability of Visual Studio 2015 done
* Update the PECL site (extension DLL lists) and the windows.php.net with new targets done