Re: [RFC] Clarify discussion and voting period rules

From: Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:25:32 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] Clarify discussion and voting period rules
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Hi

Am 2025-09-02 15:08, schrieb Tim Düsterhus:

1) Reference of discussion in RFCs

When I try to look into the discussions of older RFCs to find out why they ended up the way they did, it’s not easy. You hardly can find them. This is because they are often not referenced in the RFC itself.

Going forward, would it make sense to make it mandatory to reference '[Discussion]' and '[Vote]' in the RFC text itself?


I'll make the requested adjustments and then follow up here on the list.


I have made the change in the following commit: https://github.com/php/policies/pull/23/commits/fdd28a322aa03ccc822d8f0ac3fa1d934a519a7e, added the link to the discussion of this very RFC to the RFC itself and updated the changelog section. As this is a major change to the RFC, the discussion period will go for another 2 weeks from now.

Given that the emails do not immediately become available in the archives, I've used the “as soon as possible wording” with deadline for the voting announcement and voting close respectively. While the RFC is in progress, the threads should still be easy to find. The goal is to preserve easy access after several months have passed, so I don't think a super tight deadline is necessary as long as it happens eventually.

Best regards
Tim Düsterhus

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