--- title: [RFC] Working Groups | daily.dev description: Ben Ramsey has opened discussion on a PHP internals RFC to establish a formal policy for working groups within the PHP project. The RFC proposes a structured... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-working-groups-uj6ypvnji twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: [RFC] Working Groups | daily.dev og:description: Ben Ramsey has opened discussion on a PHP internals RFC to establish a formal policy for working groups within the PHP project. The RFC proposes a structured... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/rfc-working-groups-uj6ypvnji og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uJ6yPvNjI.png og:image:alt: [RFC] Working Groups og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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] Working Groups **[externals.io](https://daily.dev/sources/externals)** · 33 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ben Ramsey has opened discussion on a PHP internals RFC to establish a formal policy for working groups within the PHP project. The RFC proposes a structured framework for creating, operating, and dissolving chartered working groups — covering technical, infrastructural, and non-technical activities. Key points include: working groups are chartered via the RFC process but gain operational autonomy within their charter scope without needing community approval for every decision; language or policy changes still require the standard RFC process; and the policy aims to encourage broader community involvement. Discussion participants Larry Garfield supports the proposal, while Tim Düsterhus questions whether the extra policy layer adds value given that working groups can already be created ad-hoc through individual RFCs. Ben argues the policy provides consistency, empowerment, and a welcoming signal to new contributors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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