konveyor/enhancements

Konveyor Enhancements is a centralized enhancement tracking and consensus-building repository for the Konveyor project ecosystem.

The repository addresses the challenge of coordinating significant features and changes across multiple Konveyor sub-projects, such as Container Migration and Virt Migration. Rather than managing enhancements scattered across individual repositories, this tool provides a single location where the community can discuss, debate, and reach consensus on design proposals before implementation begins. Enhancements are formalized through actionable design documents that clarify scope, effort, and cross-repository dependencies, helping the community understand how different parts of the system interact and ensuring the right approach is chosen before deep implementation work starts.

Teams should use this repository when proposing work that impacts how Konveyor operates, adds or removes significant capabilities, requires effort across multiple domains or repositories, or demands formal documentation. The repository is not necessary for bug fixes, additional testing, internal refactoring within a single component, or changes with minimal project-wide impact. The process requires circulating ideas to gauge community interest before filing an enhancement, and optionally prototyping in a fork first. Enhancements may span multiple releases and form the basis of a community roadmap. While anyone can file an enhancement, implementation and acceptance into a release require consensus from domain-specific project maintainers.

The project maintains an active community roadmap and accepts enhancement proposals through a structured issue-based workflow. The repository includes guidelines, templates, and a frequently asked questions section to help contributors understand the process and determine whether their proposed work qualifies as an enhancement or should be handled through standard issue tracking.