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 # php-qml — Plan for a Symfony/FrankenPHP + Qt/QML Desktop Framework
 
-> **Status (2026-05):** Phases 0–4a complete, Phase 5 (DX polish) in progress. v0.1.0 release prep underway. Tagging is user-driven.
+> **Status (2026-05):** Phases 0–5 complete. v0.1.0 ready to tag pending LICENSE selection + Gitea host URL substitution. Tagging is user-driven.
 
 ## 1. Vision
 
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 - CHANGELOG.md records a v0.1.0 entry; tagging is the user's call.
 - `make quality` stays green throughout.
 
+**Phase 5 status: closed (commits 4c15ac2 → da04843).** All four planned sub-commits landed; an unplanned `docs/` rewrite (`da04843`) followed, splitting the long-form material out of the README into ten topic guides. Two items remain before tagging — both user-driven, neither a framework regression: (a) project LICENSE selection (`framework/php/composer.json` still says `proprietary`, no top-level `LICENSE` file, CHANGELOG `Notes` says *"License: TBD before tagging"*); (b) substituting the `gitea.example/<org>/` placeholder URLs in CHANGELOG / README / `docs/getting-started.md` / `docs/packaging-linux.md` with the real Gitea host once the repo's published location is fixed.
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 After Phase 4 the POC is complete and the architecture is validated on a real packaged binary. Phase 5 is what turns it into something other people would actually adopt.