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#* A change that requires a very simple intervention to revert behavior is not necessarily a feature.
#* A change that requires a very simple intervention to revert behavior is not necessarily a feature.
# Is this something that will interest the lay press?
# Is this something that will interest the lay press?
#* The lay press in this case includes Linux-oriented sites.

Latest revision as of 20:37, 8 August 2008

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.