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== What is an enhancement? == | == What is an enhancement? == | ||
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. | |||
== Is ''<XXX>'' a feature? == | == Is ''<XXX>'' a feature? == | ||