ks</a>),
or it might include a full implementation from the beginning.
In either case, discussion progresses the same way for an individual patch series,
until consensus is reached or the topic is dropped.</p>
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<h2 id="_larger_discussions_without_patches">Larger Discussions (without patches)</h2>
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<p>Occasionally, larger discussions might occur without an associated patch series.
These may be very large-scale technical 