6. Test your changes before committing them. We mean it. Really.
Currently we have the following branches in use:
-HEAD Will become PHP 5.1. This CVS branch is for active development.
-PHP_5_0 Is used to release the PHP 5.0.x series. Only minor feature
+HEAD Will become PHP 6.0. This CVS branch is for active development.
+PHP_5_1 Is used to release the PHP 5.1.x series. Only minor feature
enhancements may go in here, but please keep that as infrequent as
possible.
-PHP_4_3 Is used to release the PHP 4.3.x series. Only bugfixes are permitted
+PHP_4_4 Is used to release the PHP 4.4.x series. Only bugfixes are permitted
on this branch.
The next few rules are more of a technical nature.