PSC #209 2025-12-15

The stars aligned and all three of us managed to get together.

We mostly talked about PPCs, both in the general shape of the process,
and specifically the latest proposal, PPC0034.

 * Given how the PPC process has worked out in practice, we discussed
   how much sense it makes and whether it solves a problem we actually
   have. We agreed that the steering council - and Perl overall - would
   still benefit from having some sort of declared process by which
   people can suggest and discuss new features, as separate from
   implementing them.
 * The process at the moment doesn't align very well with existing
   practice; at the same time, existing practice is not particularly
   structured. Rather than trying to define a new process, we think it
   better to clarify the documented process to more obviously match
   what we actually do, and try to iterate that way.
 * PPC0034 is concerned with refalias parameters in signatures. Both
   the `refalias` and `declared_refs` features are still currently
   marked as experimental, though it is not immediately clear in their
   overview tickets why. We should clarify the status of these before
   we fully commit to PPC0034.
 * That aside, the overall document of PPC0034 seems good and we're
   happy to merge it as a basis for ongoing experiment and a trial
   implementation.

https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2025/12/this-week-in-psc-209-2025-12-15.html

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Paul "LeoNerd" Evans

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