On 01/09/2025 11:28, Nick wrote:
Hey there!
When I try to look into the discussions of older RFCs to find out why
they ended up the way they did, it’s not easy. You hardly can find
them. This is because they are often not referenced in the RFC itself.
Going forward, would it make sense to make it mandatory to reference
'[Discussion]' and '[Vote]' in the RFC text itself?
*Cheers*
Nick
FYI I can usually find most RFC discussions by searching on
https://externals.io for the RFC title
To be clear, I would also still encourage RFC authors to add discussion
and vote thread links to RFCs. I think it helps people who are not
familiar with the RFC process when RFCs are linked outside of the list,
such as on Reddit or social media. I'll often add a comment to RFC posts
on r/php to link the discussion threads so people can follow the list
discussion.
Also, some discussions are harder to find when there's many other list
discussions that mention the same keywords as the RFC title.
Thought: This could potentially be automated with a script that looks
for list emails with a RFC link in the body. If the email body contains
a RFC link, the subject contains the RFC title and either [Discussion]
or [Vote], then add a reference to the linked RFC wiki page.
