Merged pull request #3

release-process.rst

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 Release managers selection
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-The release managers team should be selected in a more transparent way. The
-ideal way is again to go through a proposal and a vote. The same system than
-the RFCs can obviously be used for the release managers selection.
-
-The volunteers (a team of two persons) can add propose themselves via the
-mailing list and they will be added to a RFC page. A week between the last
-call and the vote should be sufficient (given that anyone can volunteer
-himself for the next release at any time). The vote takes place for a week.
-
-Examples:
-
-- John/Fred (yes, no)
-- Ted/Georges (yes, no)
-- Leon/Nikita (yes, no)
-
-The team with the most votes will be then the RMs for the given release. One
-person cannot be a RM for more than one release at the same time.
-
-Again, one of the questions for this section is about who will be allowed to
-vote:
-
-- php-src (yes, no)
-- php-doc (yes, no)
-- qa, phpt (yes, no)
-- other sub projects like pear (yes, no)
-
-NB: the poll plugin will be installed shortly
+About three months prior to the scheduled release of the first alpha release
+of the next minor or major version (around March 1st or shortly thereafter),
+the release managers for the latest version branch should issue a call for
+volunteers to begin the selection process for the next release managers.
+
+The release manager team consists of two or three people, it is notable that
+at least one of the volunteers should be a "veteran" release manager, meaning
+they have contributed to at least one PHP release in the past. The other can
+be an additional veteran or, ideally, someone new to the RM role (to increase
+number of veteran RMs).
+
+Issue the call for volunteers on [email protected] on or around March
+1st. See, for example: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/113334
+
+There is no rule for how long the call for volunteers must remain open. We
+should aim to select the release managers by early April, so announcing the
+call in early March gives people about a month to decide whether they wish to
+volunteer.
+
+Voting is conducted using "Single Transferrable Vote" (STV).
+
+Using some maths, we'll start with the 1st preference and gradually remove
+candidates with the fewest votes, transferring votes that had previously gone
+to them to their voter’s 2nd preference, and so on. Once required number of
+candidates have a quorum (Droop quota), those will be officially selected as
+our RMs.
 
 Feature(s) preview release, solving the experimental features
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