Re: [RFC] Consolidate Coding Standards Policy Document

> On Dec 23, 2024, at 19:06, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > > On Sun, 22 Dec 2024, Ben Ramsey wrote: > >>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 11:39 Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: >>> >>> I would like to propose the "Consolidate Coding Standards Policy >>> Document" RFC, which follows up from the Policy Repository RFC[1]'s >>> future scope section. >>> >>> This proposal suggests adopting the changes to the Coding Standards >>> and Naming document, and to integrate the CODING_STANDARDS.md file >>> from the php-src repository: >>> >>> >>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/consolidate-coding-standard-policy-document >>> >>> [1] https://wiki.php.net/rfc/policy-repository >> >> Nitpick: >> >> It might be more correct to reference BCP 14[1] instead of RFC 2119 >> (which is part of BCP 14). >> >> [1] https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp14 > > Either works really? I think that if I would feel inclined to update it, > wouldn't I just mention RFC 8174, as it updates 2119? > > Many (if not most) documents I have seen still reference to RFC 2119 > though... The latest RFCs from the IETF standards track use language like this: > The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", > "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", > "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be > interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all > capitals, as shown here. See here for an example: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9697.html#section-1.1 Cheers, Ben