How to submit issue for non-functional change?

[krono]

I'd like to contribute a patch to netbox but don't know where to put it right.

I think that a certain part of the Network Interface descriptions would benefit from a change, with a small few-lines patch. (in nuce: remove bandwidth indicators from InfiniBand interfaces for good reason).

I understand that PRs must be preceeded by accepted issues, but the Issue I want to submit does not seem to fit the "Bug" category (it is a non-functional change in descriptions only) nor a "Feature Request" (since I'd already have a proposed solution), nor "Documentation Change" (since it pertains code), nor "Housekeeping".

So, where to put it? Maybe it's just a simple language barrier thing for me, but I somehow missing an "everything else" category in the issue creation?

[candlerb]

It's a "Feature Request". In that ticket, you describe the change you want to make (from the user's point of view).

You then create a separate pull request with the patch, and reference the feature request issue number.

[krono]

Also, thes proposed course of action is apparenlty not to have a pull request…
#6304

[candlerb]

It said "there is no accepted issue that correlates to this pull request". That is: if the FR hasn't been accepted as a desirable change, then the PR that implements that FR isn't merged.

[krono]

Thanks for pointing that out.

I wonder, so there is no intention to back up an FR with a PoC or even a change that would work?

somehow this experience was less fun than I expected

[candlerb]

I don't think that the existence of a PoC affects whether the feature is desirable or not.

[krono]

It affects the cost/benefit ratio, I'd say.