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RfC: Institute "last call" period for MediaWiki RfCs
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In 2015, TechCom discussed the possibility that decision-oriented RFC meetings should result in the decision to put RFCs into "last call", rather than be automatically approved in the meeting. We could then agree on a fixed time to close off the discussion (e.g. one week), possibly using subsequent TechCom meetings as the place to finalize the decision.

On 2016-05-04, TechCom briefly discussed this issue in E167. We have basically been using this process for the past few months. We typically announce something is going to "last call" on wiktech-l, then give it one week, then consider it done. We have mw:RFCstatus, where last calls will likely be documented.

We want to issue a call for last calls on call for last calls. :-) Barring substantive objection, we'll consider this RFC approved.

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Much of the discussion on T118932: RfC: Raise MediaWiki's PHP version requirement to 5.5 and update coding standards has centered on procedural issues, which would be better addressed in this task. Please read the comment thread there for background on the creation of this issue.

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TechCom briefly discussed this issue in E167. We have basically been using this process for the past few months. We typically announce something is going to "last call" on wiktech-l, then give it one week, then consider it done. We have mw:RFCstatus, where last calls will likely be documented.

We want to issue a call for last calls on call for last calls. :-) Barring substantive objection, we'll consider this RFC approved.

This process we've been using is documented in T123606 - mw:Requests_for_comment/Governance. Rather than calling it "last call", we're borrowing Rust's terminology and referring to it as a "Final comment period".