Re: [RFC] Policy on 3rd party code

On Wed, Oct 2, 2024, at 1:36 PM, Larry Garfield wrote: > Since Jim's RFC proposal was criticized for being too vague, I hereby > offer a somewhat more prescriptive policy proposal on using 3rd party > code. (With JIm's blessing.) It's still more heuristics than rules, > but I think that's the right approach generally. It also includes a > voting mechanism to resolve edge cases when they come up. > > I'm sure we'll bikeshed it to death, but please keep an open mind about > the concept in the first place. PHP is more than just php-src, and > that's a good thing. We need to catch up with that reality, while at > the same time maintaining a reasonable neutrality about projects > Internals doesn't manage directly. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/third-party-code > > *Puts on trusty flame-retardant suit* An update here. I have converted the RFC into a PR against the policies repo. (Thanks to Derick for his help in dealing with RST format.) https://github.com/php/policies/pull/10 It's essentially the same as the last RFC text, though I split up the approved lists to make it easier to add to in the future. I also added an exceptions mechanism for Dokuwiki. The RFC itself has been updated to be basically just a placeholder stub for the PR. The vote will be basically "merge this PR? Y/N." Absent any more feedback, I will call a vote on it in a week or so. --Larry Garfield