--- title: "[RFC] Separation of Third-Party Extension Documentation" url: https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-separation-of-third-party-extension-documentation-ylwigavqx source_url: https://externals.io/message/131404 type: article source: "externals.io" published: 2026-06-19T11:42:44.976Z updated: 2026-06-19T11:43:06.126Z tags: ["open-source", "php"] reading_time: 19 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # [RFC] Separation of Third-Party Extension Documentation **[externals.io](https://daily.dev/sources/externals)** · 19 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A PHP internals mailing list thread discussing an RFC proposing to move third-party PHP extension documentation (imagick, redis, mongodb, etc.) out of the official PHP manual into separate repositories, while keeping bundled extensions (pdo, curl, etc.) in place. The RFC aims to reduce ambiguity for readers who may assume all documented extensions are officially maintained, and to let extension maintainers own their docs with relaxed format requirements. Key discussion points include: whether to migrate translations (RFC proposes English-only migration due to maintainer language barriers), what to do with user-submitted notes (majority favor removing them), and whether to archive abandoned extensions first. Most respondents support the RFC, though one -1 vote argues it creates undue burden on third-party maintainers. Voting was planned for June 19. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [\[RFC\] Separation of Third-Party Extension Documentation](https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-separation-of-third-party-extension-documentation-a9f6ngbc8) · externals.io · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [\[RFC\] Separation of Third-Party Extension Documentation](https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-separation-of-third-party-extension-documentation-tbf4prgfi) · externals.io · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [\[RFC\] Separation of Third-Party Extension Documentation](https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-separation-of-third-party-extension-documentation-m3m31ow4f) · externals.io · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [\[RFC\] Separation of Third-Party Extension Documentation](https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-separation-of-third-party-extension-documentation-dfgnzswri) · externals.io · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [\[RFC\] Separation of Third-Party Extension Documentation](https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-separation-of-third-party-extension-documentation-xfmst6wcu) · externals.io · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-separation-of-third-party-extension-documentation-ylwigavqx)