Sheila Mooney wrote:
Yes, we would encourage you to use bugzilla for bugs and specific feature requests. However, we are already having email conversations regarding larger design issues, and we would like to have this meeting in order to set the tone that we will not be responding to all of this immediately and that the design team has some dedicated time set aside to process this. We anticipate that issues will be arising where a problem has been identified but a solution is not as obvious and we see value by communicating this type of thing via the design list channel.
OK. I agree that the list is great for discussing larger design issues. I think there is a gray area of what are "feature requests" and what are "design issues" once you we start talking about user interaction, but that's something that I'm sure will get worked out along the way.
BTW, in my experience following Mozilla development, some of the most bitter and prolonged discussions on its Bugzilla were about UI bugs/feature requests. For whatever reason(s), a lot of people get really annoyed when their request gets marked "invalid/won't fix", especially when the decision seems arbitrary. One thing that works in Chandler's favour here is that it's more clear who's in charge. :-) I'd encourage you guys to just be upfront and clear in your design principles, so that you can always refer back to them when you reject a request.
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