Board Rules

[Tom]

Discussions in this board are for the benefit of the dev team, and will only work if they are constructive, positive and focussed. For that purpose, the following rules will be strictly enforced:

constructive
No insults, personal vendettas or pet-topics. If your comment does not help in either judging or fleshing out a feature, then you shouldn't post it.

positive
Don't be negative. If you don't like something, say so calmly, in a neutral tone and with reasons.

focussed
Stay on the feature that is actually being discussed. Do not branch off into some related topic. If you think you absolutely have to (e.g. because two things strongly interact), start a new topic and post a single comment with a link there.
It also means to not take the original request and mutilate it beyond recognition. Don't add 200 other ideas and the kitchen sink to someone else's proposal. If you want to completely change an idea, start a new topic and link to the original one.



The Bugtracker

Once a feature has been discussed in the forum and approved by a dev team member, it should be posted on the bugtracker. That is simply because on the board, topics tend to get pushed downwards as new topics get discussed and will eventually be lost and forgotten. The bugtracker is better at reminding us.

Please don't put feature requests on the bugtracker without approval by the dev team. We mercilessly close unapproved feature requests on the bugtracker.