Re: Deadline for 7.0; was: [RFC][Discussion] In Operator

(Please don't top post!) On 20 February 2015 at 11:31, François Laupretre <francois@php.net> wrote: >> My interpretation was that votes had to be concluded on or before >> March 15 to be included in 7.0, but that is kind of ambiguous, now you >> mention it. > > I would say that vote can *start*by March 15, as RFC is not supposed to evolve after vote > starts, hence 'feature freeze', but I have a personal interest there because it would > allow to vote on STH after people have enough time to compare concurrent proposals, if there are. > Otherwise, any work on alternate proposal(s) can stop now, as it is too late to compete. Just to be clear: if voting has to be finished by March 15, then working backwards, the last date a new RFC can be submitted is this Sunday: - RFC discussion period starts: February 22 - RFC discussion period ends: March 8 (given the minimum of 2 weeks) - RFC voting period starts: March 8 - RFC voting period ends: March 15 (given the minimum of 1 week) Obviously those dates get shifted forward a week (so the last date for a new RFC is March 1) if it's just that voting has to start by the 15th. Would welcome other thoughts. Adam