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ianhi opened this issue Aug 3, 2020 · 1 comment · Fixed by #18161
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Add feature request template #18160

ianhi opened this issue Aug 3, 2020 · 1 comment · Fixed by #18161
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ianhi commented Aug 3, 2020

Problem

On matplotlib.org the official guidance for feature requests is now to open a github issue:
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however there is currently only a bug report template. This can induce doubts for someone new to github that it is ok to open an issue for a feature request. Additionally feature requests may be less structured than is optimal without the guidelines provided by a template.

Proposed Solution

Create a feature request template and have all official new issue links lead to: https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/new/choose

Additional Context

I made the same suggestion at jupyterlab in jupyterlab/jupyterlab#8226 and we implemented it with the below template:

name: Feature Request
about: Suggest something to add to JupyterLab
labels: type:Enhancement
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Welcome! Thanks for thinking of a way to improve JupyterLab. If this solves a problem for you, then it probably solves that problem for lots of people! So the whole community will benefit from this request.


Before creating a new feature request please search the issues for relevant feature requests.
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### Problem

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* I'm always frustrated when [...] because [...]
* I would like it if [...] happened when I [...] because [...]
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### Proposed Solution

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* Add an option so that when [...]  [...] will happen
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### Additional context

<!-- Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here. You can also include links to examples of other programs that have something similar to your request. For example:

* Another project [...] solved this by [...]
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story645 commented Aug 3, 2020

Totally agree/this has been on a to do list forever and just hasn't jumped to the top of the queue. You're welcome to open this PR (but then please also make the bug template!).

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@QuLogic QuLogic added this to the v3.4.0 milestone Aug 13, 2020
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