RFC: Specification Version Extensions - enabling RFC functionality with requiring a full specification release

[Ahuge]

• Pull Request: feat(rfc): Write RFC 0002 to propose specification extensions #58
• Discussion Thread(s):
  • Specification Extensions to implement functionality without requiring a ful specification release #59

Description

How Open Job Description Specifications should be versioned and released is something that has not been talked about. This RFC proposes a way to implement RFC functionality as Extensions without requiring a new Open Job Description Specification release.
Open Job Description Specification releases can be planned on a longer term schedule while still allowing RFC functionality to be implemented and tested in the meantime.

Roles

Role	User
Proposed By	@Ahuge
Author(s)	@Ahuge

Workflow

• Tracking issue created (label: rfc/proposed)
• RFC pull request submitted and ready for discussion (label: rfc/exploring)
• Last call for comments (labels: rfc/exploring and rfc/final-comments)
• Accepted and merged RFC pull request (label: rfc/accepted-future)
• Green-light for inclusion in a draft specification, and the author is creating and iterating on pull requests (label: rfc/accepted-draft)
• Pull requests are merged in to a draft specification (label: rfc/accepted-staged)
• Officially published in a non-draft revision of the specification (label: rfc/released)

Please close this tracking issue when the proposal enters the Released stage of the process.

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[Ahuge]

Following the RFC process, I've updated the status of #57 to rfc/final-comments. Please provide any additional feedback!

[mwiebe]

It's 8 days since entering the final comments period, and there's no remaining unaddressed discussions. I'm going to merge and take this RFC into the accepted-future status. See https://github.com/OpenJobDescription/openjd-specifications/tree/mainline/rfcs#6-final-comments-period to read more about the process.