RFC: Feature process improvements

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

On 11/28/2012 08:08 PM, Miloslav Trmač wrote:
> Hello,
> this proposal was recently linked in various places, so let's formally
> introduce it:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mmaslano/Feature_process
>
> This an incremental change, not a major overhaul designed to solve all problems.
>
> The benefits expected from this proposal:
> * Making proposed features more visible to Fedora contributors, and
> making it easier for Fedora contributors to discuss the feature before
> FESCo votes on it.
> * Simplifying the process for self-contained features (e.g. individual
> package version upgrades)
> * Getting FESCo more involved in scheduling and testing of features
> with large impact on the rest of the distribution or schedule.
> * Making sure some frequently forgotten-about items, like rel-eng
> impact, are included in the feature proposal.
>
> For details, please see the proposal at the above-mentioned link.
>      Marcela Mašláňová, Tomáš Mráz, Jaroslav Řezník, Miloslav Trmač

Lacks clarification on what's considered an feature.

Arguably it should be mandatory for feature owners to provide or work 
with the documentation and or marketing communities documenting and 
publishing what benefits changes their feature brings to 
users/community/the distribution in whole etc.

it's just absurd having us ( QA ) adjusting release criteria while we 
are trying to follow it so feature that might affect the current release 
criteria and or critical components will need to be approved by QA 
before alpha so we can but not be limited to making the necessary 
changes to the release criteria in due time and make sure proper testing 
takes place and each approved feature arguably should have associated 
test day with it ( if relevant ).

Will it still be optional to participate in the feature process?

JBG