Nicolas George (12023-01-20):
> - Writing a large patch for a part of the code you know well or for a
>   new feature is fine, of course.

In fact, even for code we know well, we should consult, as long as we
are not the only one who knows it well: as long as other developers
might also have plans that we would be interfering with, sharing intents
early is the only correct thing to do towards our peers.

-- 
  Nicolas George