I consider a feature request something like asking a factorial method ( http://bugs.python.org/issue2138). As for the RFE, (from Wikipedia) "while not technically a bug, it is often tracked in the same manner as a bug as it represents a failure to meet expected behavior, or simply out of convenience".
But on second thought, I realize I'm really splitting hairs here. It's not worth treating them separately, I'm perfectly fine with the "feature request" type :-) Quentin On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 9:36 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree, the name is a bit confusing when you're not used to it. > > Renaming it is easy. To the native speakers reading it: What should > it be called? (please try to come up with something shorter than > "request for enhancement") > > > Also I find that, by definition, RFE and feature requests are not > > exactly the same. There's a thin line between a new feature and an > > enhancement that is supposed to fill a gap/improve things. Should they > > really be treated the same way ? > > I don't understand the difference. Can you please explain it? Are there > features that are not enhancements (and if so, why would anybody request > them), or are there enhancements which are not features? Are they > entirely disjoint sets of things? > > Regards, > Martin >
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