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== Is ''<XXX>'' a feature? ==
== Is ''<XXX>'' a feature? ==
It's sometimes easy to mistake new packages, or enhancements, for features. Features have a very specific definition, but here are some questions to ask yourself before engaging the feature process.
1. Is this change very visible to end users?
* In this case "end user" means "someone in the audience for this change," which could be desktop users, developers, or system administrators.
2. Does this change require intervention?
* This might be a configuration file format change, or something else that will perturb unsuspecting end users.
* A change that requires a very simple intervention to revert behavior is not necessarily a feature.
3. Is this something that will interest the lay press?
* The lay press in this case includes Linux-oriented sites.
== What does the feature process ''look'' like? ==
== What does the feature process ''look'' like? ==