Feature Request

Noun · Open Source

Definitions

  1. A request from users or contributors asking for new functionality, behavior changes, or improved capabilities in a product or project. In open source, feature requests are a major part of issue tracker traffic and maintainer workload.

    In plain English: A suggestion asking a project to add some new capability.

    Example: "The maintainers closed the feature request because it doubled the complexity of the configuration model."

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