Re: [RFC] Remove the links to X.com from PHP.net

On 4/12/26 11:24, Jim Winstead wrote:

Hi, You friendly ghost from PHP past here to shake his chains to pass another policy RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove-link-to-x-from-php-net Voting will commence two weeks after any discussion dies down. Thanks. Jim

While I agree with removing the link to X, I'd like some clarity/transparency around some of the statements made in the RFC and in comments on the PR: * "The PHP project no longer has control over its account on X" * "the PHP project does not have access to the account credentials" * "we seem to not have access to the account on X" * "access has been withheld despite repeated requests" The PHP project doesn't have processes or policies around how we manage things like communications. So, who controls accounts, the kind of messages posted, the brand voice, etc. haven't historically been a concern of the PHP project. I think the framing of these statements needs to be clarified: * The PHP project doesn't have control over any of its social media accounts and never has * Since the PHP project doesn't have control over these accounts or procedures governing them, asking for access to an account is similar to requesting that someone give you access to a personal account A while back, I drafted an RFC[1] that I hoped would give us a framework for managing these things, but after off-list discussions, it seemed like it was going to be a pretty controversial RFC, and I didn't really have the stomach or time for dealing with that. We can keep this discussion narrowly focused to this RFC if we want, but we'll need to come back to this governance question at some point. Cheers, Ben [1]: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/working_groups