PSC 069 - 2022-06-17

PSC #069 - 2022-06-17

Paul was out today, but Neil and Rik more than filled the allotted time.

*Leftovers*

We reviewed stuff we'd planned to do before this week but that didn't happen or wasn't recorded:
 * Rik was to comment on the qa[...] thread.  He might not, at this point.
 * Rik was to post on the "tables in Pod" thread, and might or might not.
 * Rik was going to follow up on source::encoding, which was shelved as 5.36.0 got closer.  He's still going to do this!
 * Paul was going to look into the situation regarding putting UNIVERSAL::import in universal.c
*Our last meeting?*

It's possible this is the last meeting of the current PSC, although without Paul it was just two of us.  Once the next PSC membership is determined, we'll have a joint session to ensure the peaceful transition of power.

*Notable RFCs*
 * deprecating the use of *'* as a package separator:  we'd like to get a deprecation warning on that as early as possible!  there is not a clear RFC at the moment, but (Rik thinks) it's most likely that a deprecation warning is step one, so being able to do it sooner than later is good!
 * optional chaining: Rik has asked Breno to write up a full RFC
 * tables and images in Pod:  Neil and Rik are both pretty iffy on these.  In the abstract, the utility is clearly non-zero, but the effort to implement is high and it's not clear that there'd be a lot of uptake on the feature.
 * https out of the box:  This project probably needs a project manager, not just a "sure let's do it."  We discussed the question of root certs just a little.  Rik thinks it would be useful to sketch out what actions would lead to what outcomes in what scenarios.
 * "yield true":  There are some questions about technical details, and Rik should send an email.  We were both keen to see this progress, though.
 * template strings:  Rik will write up a real RFC.  Neil played the devil's advocate, but Rik remained on the side of the angels.  "This is gonna be great, folks," he says.
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rjbs, for rjbs and neil

• PSC 069 - 2022-06-17 by Ricardo Signes