Hi
Adding an "Abstain" option to RFCs was an idea that floated around
multiple times in the past and it now came up again as part of (more
than) one of the RFCs that recently went to vote. I've therefore finally
written up a policy RFC to add such an option. As part of doing that I
have also cleaned up the phrasing of the corresponding section and added
some clarification of what I believe matches the current policy and just
wasn't written down, particularly around "secondary votes".
Please find the RFC at: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/rfc_vote_abstain
And the PR at: https://github.com/php/policies/pull/20
As with all policy RFCs, the corresponding PR to the policies repository
will be the authoritative source of the proposal and the RFC (and
discussion) will only provide extra context. Please do not comment on
the PR (except for minor typographical or phrasing clarification
suggestions). For comments regarding the actual "policy" reply to this
discussion thread for proper visibility instead and I'll make sure to
incorporate them as appropriate.
This message is intended to begin the official discussion period. While
it would be great to bring this policy into effect before any RFCs
targeting PHP 8.6, I'll make sure to monitor the (list) activity with
regard to folks being busy finalizing their own RFCs (and enjoying their
summer vacations [1]) to make sure everyone had plenty of opportunity to
participate in the discussion, so I would expect a vote around end of
August at the earliest.
Best regards
Tim Düsterhus
[1] I'll be on vacation myself in August :-)
