On 21 October 2015 at 16:17, Sean DuBois <s...@siobud.com> wrote: > > I will update the RFC. Who decides if/when we should restart voting?
"The PHP RFC rules is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules" as there are no set decision makers or rules enforcers. The rules set down for this scenario are, in theory, pretty clear: > Based on the result of the votes and the discussion there are three possible > outcomes: > > A serious issue with your RFC needs to be addressed: update the status of > your RFC > page and its section on https://wiki.php.net/RFC to “Under Discussion” and > continue > again from step 5. But in practice what is a 'serious issue' is not defined. I think it is almost always right to restart a vote for anything other than the most minor change as: i) It avoids setting a precedent where an RFC is changed substantially while under vote. ii) It avoids anyone being able to complain that either what was implemented was not what they voted for, or for people to be able to ask that the 'missing' behaviour be implemented as a bug-fix. And yes, in this case the RFC restarting the vote could be considered overkill. I can't see anyone actually changing their mind due to the text being clarified, and so the result of the vote will be overwhelming support, again. But following the rules scrupulously when the outcome is clear, makes it harder for people to bend the rules when the outcome isn't as clear. cheers Dan -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
