• Elect managers
• Triage GitHub issues for PHP 8.5
• Triage GitHub pull requests
• Push appropriate RFC at appropriate time

Based upon a target GA in late November. Individual releases may be added or removed to accommodate development progress.

• Tag on Tuesday, release on Thursday
• 5 months pre-release phase

• Veteran: Pierrick Charron
• Rookie: Volker Dusch
• Rookie: Daniel Scherzer

This list only contains individuals who have formally and publicly volunteered via the internals mailing list.

Veteran volunteer(s):

• Pierrick Charron

Rookie candidates listed in the order in which they formally volunteered:

• Gunnard Engebreth
• Rob Landers
• Volker Dusch
• Daniel Scherzer

There are 4 candidates for two available seats. While it might not be likely that all preferences are necessary, you are encouraged to use all votes. If you vote for the same person twice, this will not help that person's chances, it will only throw away one of your votes and deprioritize the remaining ones, so please cast unique votes.

Voting using STV (Single Transferable Vote) started on Apr 02, 2025 15:00:00 UTC. Voting will be open until Apr 16, 2025 15:00:00 UTC. Tie breaking will be at the discretion of the prior branch RMs.

Select your first preference for 8.5 Release Manager here.

PHP 8.5 RM 1st Preference
Real name	G Engebreth	R Landers	V Dusch	D Scherzer
alcaeus
bukka
bwoebi
calvinb
daniels
derick
ericmann
girgias
josh
mbeccati
mfonda
nielsdos
pierrick
saki
sebastian
seld
sergey
theodorejb
timwolla
weierophinney
Final result:	1	4	8	7
This poll has been closed.

Select your second preference for 8.5 Release Manager here.

PHP 8.5 RM 2nd Preference
Real name	G Engebreth	R Landers	V Dusch	D Scherzer
alcaeus
bukka
bwoebi
calvinb
daniels
derick
ericmann
girgias
josh
mbeccati
mfonda
nielsdos
pierrick
saki
sebastian
seld
sergey
theodorejb
timwolla
weierophinney
Final result:	5	1	10	4
This poll has been closed.

Select your third preference for 8.5 Release Manager here.

PHP 8.5 RM 3rd Preference
Real name	G Engebreth	R Landers	V Dusch	D Scherzer
alcaeus
bukka
bwoebi
calvinb
daniels
derick
ericmann
girgias
josh
mbeccati
mfonda
nielsdos
pierrick
saki
seld
sergey
theodorejb
timwolla
weierophinney
Final result:	2	11	1	5
This poll has been closed.

Select your fourth preference for 8.5 Release Manager here.

PHP 8.5 RM 4th Preference
Real name	G Engebreth	R Landers	V Dusch	D Scherzer
alcaeus
bukka
bwoebi
calvinb
daniels
derick
ericmann
girgias
josh
mbeccati
mfonda
nielsdos
pierrick
saki
seld
sergey
theodorejb
timwolla
weierophinney
Final result:	11	3	1	4
This poll has been closed.