The mailing list is typically only required for "major" features. I'm not entirely sure the extent of what you are proposing, but I don't think it'll need a mailing list discussion -- a Trac ticket is sufficient.
On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 12:06:27 PM UTC-4, Thomas Tanner wrote: > > Hi Tim, > I'm a bit confused by: > > On 16.04.14 16:51, Tim Graham wrote: > > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/ > > Requesting features: > First request the feature on the django-developers list, not in the > ticket tracker. It’ll get read more closely if it’s on the mailing list. > This is even more important for large-scale feature requests. We like to > discuss any big changes to Django’s core on the mailing list before > actually working on them. > > If core developers agree on the feature, then it’s appropriate to create > a ticket. Include a link the discussion on django-developers in the > ticket description. > > As with most open-source projects, code talks. If you are willing to > write the code for the feature yourself or, even better, if you’ve > already written it, it’s much more likely to be accepted. Just fork > Django on GitHub, create a feature branch, and show us your work! > > while in django/CONTRIBUTING.rst: > > **Warning: non-trivial pull requests (anything more than fixing a typo) > without Trac tickets will be closed!** `Please file a ticket`__ to > suggest changes > > Does this mean the steps are > 1. ask on this mailing list whether my feature request is OK > 2. create a ticket with the link to discussion > 3. create a pull request referencing the ticket > Or can I skip step 1, and even step 2? > > thanks > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/2c0211ca-d0d1-4ccc-a0b2-e14c508df80d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
