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# Technical Committee
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_This document only makes sense with the rules from [the community document](community)_.
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The Technical Committee (**TC**) is here to arbitrate and make decisions when
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technical conflicts occur in the project.
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The TC main role is to resolve technical conflicts.
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It is therefore not a technical steering committee, but it is understood that
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some decisions might impact the future of the project.
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# Process
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## Seizing
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The TC can take possession of any technical matter that it sees fit.
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To involve the TC in a matter, email tc@ or CC them on an ongoing discussion.
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As members of TC are developers, they also can email tc@ to raise an issue.
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## Announcement
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The TC, once seized, must announce itself on the main mailing list, with a _[TC]_ tag.
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The TC has 2 modes of operation: a RFC one and an internal one.
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If the TC thinks it needs the input from the larger community, the TC can call
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for a RFC. Else, it can decide by itself.
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If the disagreement involves a member of the TC, that member should recuse
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themselves from the decision.
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The decision to use a RFC process or an internal discussion is a discretionary
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decision of the TC.
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The TC can also reject a seizure for a few reasons such as:
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the matter was not discussed enough previously; it lacks expertise to reach a
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beneficial decision on the matter; or the matter is too trivial.
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### RFC call
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In the RFC mode, one person from the TC posts on the mailing list the
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technical question and will request input from the community.
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The mail will have the following specification:
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* a precise title
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* a specific tag [TC RFC]
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* a top-level email
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* contain a precise question that does not exceed 100 words and that is answerable by developers
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* may have an extra description, or a link to a previous discussion, if deemed necessary,
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* contain a precise end date for the answers.
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The answers from the community must be on the main mailing list and must have
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the following specification:
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* keep the tag and the title unchanged
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* limited to 400 words
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* a first-level, answering directly to the main email
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* answering to the question.
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Further replies to answers are permitted, as long as they conform to the
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community standards of politeness, they are limited to 100 words, and are not
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nested more than once. (max-depth=2)
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After the end-date, mails on the thread will be ignored.
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Violations of those rules will be escalated through the Community Committee.
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After all the emails are in, the TC has 96 hours to give its final decision.
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Exceptionally, the TC can request an extra delay, that will be notified on the
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mailing list.
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### Within TC
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In the internal case, the TC has 96 hours to give its final decision.
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Exceptionally, the TC can request an extra delay.
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## Decisions
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The decisions from the TC will be sent on the mailing list, with the _[TC]_ tag.
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Internally, the TC should take decisions with a majority, or using
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ranked-choice voting.
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The decision from the TC should be published with a summary of the reasons that
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lead to this decision.
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The decisions from the TC are final, until the matters are reopened after
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no less than one year.
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