GRFC-TEMPLATE.md

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Title

  • Author(s): [Author Name, Co-Author Name ...]
  • Approver: markdroth
  • Implemented in: <language, ...>
  • Last updated: [YYYY-MM-DD]
  • Discussion at: (filled after thread exists)

Abstract

[A short summary of the proposal.]

Background

[An introduction of the necessary background and the problem being solved by the proposed change.]

  • A list of proposals this proposal builds on or supersedes.

Proposal

[A precise statement of the proposed change.]

Temporary environment variable protection

[Name the environment variable(s) used to enable/disable the feature(s) this proposal introduces and their default(s). Generally, features that are enabled by I/O should include this type of control until they have passed some testing criteria, which should also be detailed here. This section may be omitted if there are none.]

Rationale

[A discussion of alternate approaches and the trade offs, advantages, and disadvantages of the specified approach.]

Implementation

[A description of the steps in the implementation, who will do them, and when. If a particular language is going to get the implementation first, this section should list the proposed order.]

Open issues (if applicable)

[A discussion of issues relating to this proposal for which the author does not know the solution. This section may be omitted if there are none.]