# Suggestion: new forum categories: New Feature Proposal, Change Proposal

**URL:** <https://forum.opencv.org/t/suggestion-new-forum-categories-new-feature-proposal-change-proposal/725>\
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**Created:** [January 7, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/suggestion-new-forum-categories-new-feature-proposal-change-proposal/725 "2021-01-07T22:03:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![rwomg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.opencv.org/rwomg/32/41_2.png) [@rwomg](https://forum.opencv.org/u/rwomg)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/suggestion-new-forum-categories-new-feature-proposal-change-proposal/725/1 "2021-01-07T22:03:05Z")

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Recently a researcher came to OpenCV’s GitHub issues page and made a suggestion about contributing an implementation of a new algorithm to OpenCV.

Typically, new feature implementation involves lengthy discussions. I thought that it would be good idea for the discussion to be hosted on [forum.opencv.org](http://forum.opencv.org) (as opposed to on the GitHub issues page).

For that to happen, I would like [forum.opencv.org](http://forum.opencv.org) to have new discussion categories “New Feature Proposal”, so that this type of discussions can be properly categorized for browsing and retrieval.

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**Author:** ![crackwitz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.opencv.org/crackwitz/32/14_2.png) [@crackwitz](https://forum.opencv.org/u/crackwitz)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/suggestion-new-forum-categories-new-feature-proposal-change-proposal/725/2 "2021-01-08T09:35:53Z")

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the core devs (Intel) probably prefer to keep it all in one place, github, because such discussions ideally lead to a pull request and review, and splitting that over different sites strikes me as inconvenient.

I wouldn’t mind them showing their faces here once in a while though. so far, the forum (and the emails I get) appear to be “first level support” and customer relations, something that needs to exist so the customers don’t bother the core devs. the way I phrase it makes it sound as if I minded spending time on a project that is a commercial success to both Intel and countless companies worldwide that benefit from free support.