Hi!

> I know that our official release process allows that, but there are some
> reasonable arguments against doing that and this topic was brought up
> multiple times related to specific fixes.

Adding an option I think it's ok provided it's not controversial and not
an attempt to create entirely different large functionality hidden
behind the option (e.g. "let's add an option to make mysql_connect also
connect to Postgres databases"). If it's something that clearly a small
functional piece that is missing, adding it I think is OK. If it's
bigger (like entirely new functionality or substantial change in
existing one) then it'd be better to go into next version.

> I would like to know if we can come up with a rule which can have
> consensus behind it, and maybe formalize it as an extension to our
> current releaseprocess rfc.

I'm not sure there's a formal rule that would be good for all cases. We
can have guidelines but unless we reject all changes completely (which I
strongly disagree with) I think we'll still have to consider them on the
substance.
-- 
Stas Malyshev
smalys...@gmail.com

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