Hi internals,
As discussed, we are branching PHP-7.4 early, so we can start development
of PHP 8.0 in parallel. I have created the PHP-7.4 branch just now. What
this means for you:
-
PHP-7.4 is now part of the regular merge procedure. If you are applying
a fix to PHP-7.2, merge it to PHP-7.3, then PHP-7.4, then master. -
You should not update NEWS on PHP-7.4 for bugfixes that are merged from
older versions. If you apply a fix to PHP-7.2, you should update NEWS in
PHP-7.2 and PHP-7.3 only. -
Backwards-compatible feature changes can still go into PHP-7.4. New RFCs
can (and usually should) still target PHP 7.4. -
Backwards-incompatible changes, or changes requiring major internal API
changes, can go into master (8.0). New RFCs with non-trivial
backwards-compatibility impact should target PHP 8.0.
Regards,
Nikita