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Author: Steve Lee
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Status: Draft
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Area: Process
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Version: 1.1
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Version: 1.2
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Feedback: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell-Language-RFC/issues/5
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# PowerShell RFC Process and Guidelines
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A PowerShell RFC (Request for Comments) is a publication to propose
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design changes and improvements to PowerShell. This provides the community an opportunity
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to provide feedback before code is written where it becomes harder to change at the risk of
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compatibility. The complete list of RFCs are available at
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https://github.com/powershell/powershell-rfc
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A PowerShell RFC (Request for Comments) is a publication to propose design changes and improvements to PowerShell.
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This provides the community an opportunity to provide feedback before code is written where it becomes harder to change at the risk of
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compatibility.
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The complete list of RFCs are available at https://github.com/powershell/powershell-rfc
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This process was adapted from the Chef RFC process as well as from DMTF.org process
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This process was adapted from the Chef RFC process as well as from DMTF.org process.
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## Roles
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Currently, only members of the PowerShell Core team are allowed to author
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new RFCs. All members of the community can provide feedback to any RFC.
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All members of the community are allowed to author new RFCs and can provide feedback to any RFC.
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## RFC Naming Convention
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RFC documents shall follow the naming convention of "RFC####-Title.md" where #### is
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the RFC number and Title is the title of the document.
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RFC documents shall follow the naming convention of "RFC####-Title.md" where #### is the RFC number and Title is the title of the document.
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## RFC Template
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* Draft
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This is the initial draft of a RFC posted for comments and considered a
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work-in-progress. Typically, two months is allowed for comments.
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This is the initial draft of a RFC posted for comments and considered a work-in-progress.
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Typically, two months is allowed for comments.
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* Draft-Accepted
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Comments have been reviewed and new comments are not being sought. Code
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work has not started/planned or not needed.
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Comments have been reviewed and new comments are not being sought.
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Code work has not started/planned or not needed.
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* Experimental
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Comments have been reviewed and code is being written to provide an working
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example of the proposed design change to get further feedback.
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Comments have been reviewed and code is being written to provide an working example of the proposed design change to get further feedback.
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* Experimental-Accepted
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Feedback from the experimental implementation and RFC have been reviewed.
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Engineering team will work towards final implementation in code to match
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the RFC.
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Engineering team will work towards final implementation in code to match the RFC.
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* Rejected
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Based on community feedback, this RFC was decided to not proceed any further.
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* Final
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Design and implementation is considered complete. Any proposed changes
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would be through a new RFC.
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Design and implementation is considered complete.
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Any proposed changes would be through a new RFC.
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History:
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v1.1 - 5-20-2016 - Updated to enable RFCs for design changes that don't require code changes. Added Draft-Accepted state and Version header property.
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## History
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v1.1 - 5-20-2016 - Updated to enable RFCs for design changes that don't require code changes.
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Added Draft-Accepted state and Version header property.
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v1.2 - 8-18-2016 - Open submitting RFCs to the community and update formatting.

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