Hello all!

Here are the minutes from this week's meeting:

* Approved after last call: MW 1.31 to target the intersection of PHP 7.0+ and HHVM (without PHP7 sewitch) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T172165

* Last Call for comments: migrate Wikimedia application servers to PHP 7 (sunsetting HHVM) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T176370. Call open until January 10th, due to holiday season. If no pertinent issues remain unaddressed by that time, the RFC will be approved for implementation.

* Ongoing Last Call for comments on the RFC process overhaul to end next week: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Process/Draft

* This weeks RFC discussion was about refactoring the preference storage mechanism https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T178449

* No RFC discussion next week, due to holiday season. TechCom to resume its regular schedule on January 10th.

You can also find our meeting minutes at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Committee/Minutes

See also the TechCom RFC board https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-rfcs/.