2010YOUY01 commented on code in PR #17505: URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/17505#discussion_r2338489555
########## docs/source/contributor-guide/roadmap.md: ########## @@ -62,14 +63,35 @@ For more information: ### Discussing New Features If you plan to work on a new feature that doesn't have an existing ticket, it is -a good idea to open a ticket to discuss the feature. Advanced discussion often -helps avoid wasted effort by determining early if the feature is a good fit for -DataFusion before too much time is invested. Discussion on a ticket can help -gather feedback from the community and is likely easier to discuss than a 1000 -line PR. - -If you open a ticket and it doesn't get any response, you can try `@`-mentioning -recently active community members in the ticket to get their attention. +a good idea to open one for discussion. Advanced discussion helps avoid wasted +effort by determining if the feature is a good fit for DataFusion before too +much time is invested. Discussion on a ticket can help gather feedback from the +community and is likely easier to discuss than a 1000 line PR. + +Maintainers will mark major proposals as `PROPOSED EPIC` to make them more +visible, but we are very limited on review bandwidth. If you open a ticket and it +doesn't get any response, try `@`-mentioning recently active community members +in the ticket, or [posting to the mailing list or Discord](communication.md). + +### Sponsoring Maintainers + +We have found that most successful epics have one or more "sponsoring +maintainers", a committer ([see here for current list]) who take the lead on reviewing and committing PRs, help with design, +and coordinate and communicate with the community. Without a sponsoring Review Comment: Maybe we can explicitly say: If you want to ship a large feature, we recommend finding a sponsoring maintainer upfront; otherwise, the PRs might remain unreviewed for a very long time. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: github-h...@datafusion.apache.org
