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| * Date: 2010-11-22 | * Date: 2010-11-22 | ||
| * Author: Felipe Pena, Etienne Kneuss, Stanislav Malyshev, Gustavo André dos Santos Lopes, David Soria Parra, Christian Stocker, Rob Richards, Pierre Joye, Zeev Suraski, Ilia Alshanetsky | * Author: Felipe Pena, Etienne Kneuss, Stanislav Malyshev, Gustavo André dos Santos Lopes, David Soria Parra, Christian Stocker, Rob Richards, Pierre Joye, Zeev Suraski, Ilia Alshanetsky | ||
| - | * Status: Under Discussion | + | * Status: Accepted, [[rfc:releaseprocess:vote|Voting results]] |
| ===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
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| * a clear release cycle, periodic | * a clear release cycle, periodic | ||
| * a transparent decision process for the feature additions, via the RFCs and a transparent and public vote | * a transparent decision process for the feature additions, via the RFCs and a transparent and public vote | ||
| - | * which changes can be done during a release lifetime (BC breaks, bugs fixes, security fixes, etc.) | + | * which changes can be done during a release lifetime (BC breaks, bug fixes, security fixes, etc.) |
| * a transparent way to choose release managers for a given release | * a transparent way to choose release managers for a given release | ||
| * a better usage of bugs.php.net to track each change, addition, bug fixes (security incl.) or other various tasks related to a release | * a better usage of bugs.php.net to track each change, addition, bug fixes (security incl.) or other various tasks related to a release | ||
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| * Yearly release cycle | * Yearly release cycle | ||
| * 3 years release life cycle | * 3 years release life cycle | ||
| - | * 2 years bugs fixes only | + | * 2 years bug fixes only |
| * 1 year security fixes only | * 1 year security fixes only | ||
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| * x.y.z to x.y.z+1 | * x.y.z to x.y.z+1 | ||
| - | * Bugs fixes only (with a room for exceptions on a case by case basis and only for small self contained features additions). | + | * Bugfixes only (with a room for exceptions on a case by case basis and only for small self contained features additions). |
| * Extensions support can't be removed (like move them to pecl) | * Extensions support can't be removed (like move them to pecl) | ||
| * Backward compatibility must be kept (internals and userland) | * Backward compatibility must be kept (internals and userland) | ||
| * ABI/API compatibility must be kept (internals) | * ABI/API compatibility must be kept (internals) | ||
| * x.y.z to x.y+1.z | * x.y.z to x.y+1.z | ||
| - | * Bugs fixes | + | * Bugfixes |
| * New features | * New features | ||
| * Extensions support can be ended (moved to pecl) | * Extensions support can be ended (moved to pecl) | ||
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| * ABI and API can be broken (internals), src compatibility should be kept if possible, while breakages are allowed | * ABI and API can be broken (internals), src compatibility should be kept if possible, while breakages are allowed | ||
| * x.y.z to x+1.0.0 | * x.y.z to x+1.0.0 | ||
| - | * Bugs fixes | + | * Bugfixes |
| * New features | * New features | ||
| * Extensions support can be ended (moved to pecl) | * Extensions support can be ended (moved to pecl) | ||
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| It is critical to understand the consequences of breaking BC, APIs or ABIs (only internals related). It should not be done for the sake of doing it. RFCs explaining the reasoning behind a breakage and the consequences along with test cases and patch(es) should help. | It is critical to understand the consequences of breaking BC, APIs or ABIs (only internals related). It should not be done for the sake of doing it. RFCs explaining the reasoning behind a breakage and the consequences along with test cases and patch(es) should help. | ||
| - | Se the following links for explanation about API and ABI: | + | See the following links for explanation about API and ABI: |
| * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface | ||
| * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_binary_interface | ||
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| <code> | <code> | ||
| **** pre release phase | **** pre release phase | ||
| - | ++++ release lifetime with all bugs fixes, no feature addition | + | ++++ release lifetime with all bug fixes, no feature addition |
| ---- release lifetime security fixes only | ---- release lifetime security fixes only | ||
| D EOL | D EOL | ||
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| * September, RC phases, biweekly release | * September, RC phases, biweekly release | ||
| * each RC should go through the QA before being published | * each RC should go through the QA before being published | ||
| - | * usually2 days | + | * usually 2 days |
| * running the various test suites (phpt, custom real life tests, platform specific tests). Some tests need a day to run | * running the various test suites (phpt, custom real life tests, platform specific tests). Some tests need a day to run | ||
| * November, Final | * November, Final | ||
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| * other sub projects like pear (yes, no) | * other sub projects like pear (yes, no) | ||
| - | We have voting plugin for dokuwiki (doodle2) that allows voting on the wiki. | + | We have voting plugin for dokuwiki (doodle2) that allows voting on the wiki (installed). |
| ===== RMs Role ===== | ===== RMs Role ===== | ||
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| * Create a roadmap and planing according to this RFC | * Create a roadmap and planing according to this RFC | ||
| * Package the releases (test and final releases) | * Package the releases (test and final releases) | ||
| - | * Decide which bug fixes can be apply to a release, inside the cases defined in this RFC | + | * Decide which bug fixes can be applied to a release, within the cases defined in this RFC |
| But they are not: | But they are not: | ||
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| * Public votes instead of private | * Public votes instead of private | ||
| * Added new proposers | * Added new proposers | ||
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