hi Ferenc, Can you put that in the wiki too instead? So it can be clarified there directly if necessary.
Thanks, On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I was asked in a private email that it is true or not that *anybody* can > create an RFC. > As this isn't the first time to see that question I think that we could > document that a little bit clearly. > Here is how I responded to the question, and maybe we could improve on it > and put that somewhere in the wiki so we can point these kind of questions > there for the future. > > Anybody can propose an RFC, here are the necessary steps: > > 1. register a wiki account at https://wiki.php.net/start?do=register > 2. send an email to php-webmas...@lists.php.net for requesting rfc karma > for your wiki account > 3. log in with your wiki account and navigate to > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/my_rfc and push the Create this page button, > fill out the template and save > 4. edit https://wiki.php.net/rfc to link your rfc under the appropriate > status > 5. when you think your rfc is ready for discussion, send an email to the > internals@lists.php.net mailing list introducing your RFC > 6. listen to the feedback, and try to answer/resolve then and update > your RFC to reflect those issues > 7. if the discussion ended (or if you really want to bring it to voting > and the minimal amount of discussion period stated on > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/voting#discussion_period was reached) then you > can move your RFC to voting: > 1. update your rfc page to voting status and add the doodle voting > macro for example <doodletitle="Should the current array_part() > implementation be merged" auth="cataphract" voteType="single" > closed="False">* Yes* No</doodle> > 2. move your rfc on the https://wiki.php.net/rfc to voting > 3. send am email to the internals@lists.php.net with a [VOTE] in the > subject where your announce the start of the voting for your RFC (see > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/voting#voting for more details) > 8. Based on the result of the votes and the discussion there are three > possible outcomes: > 1. Your rfc is accepted, update that on your rfc page and on the > https://wiki.php.net/rfc page. > 2. Your rfc is declined , update that on your rfc page and on the > https://wiki.php.net/rfc page > 3. Some serious issue came up with your rfc which needs to be > addressed first, your rfc goes back to Under discussion, update that on > your rfc page and on the https://wiki.php.net/rfc page and continue > from point 6. > > Step 1 and 2 only required if you don't have a vcs account for php.net, as > the php developers can already log on with their account and have > the necessary wiki karma to create RFCs. > > -- > Ferenc Kovács > @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
