Filing feature requests
Where can one file a feature request?
And shouldn't that place be linked with a big red flashing banner from the Sage homepage?
You can go to askbot.org to ask about such things; they are pretty responsive. Maybe they can make it like Facebook, where you have the option to let return to a submission or a new line.
TBH, I can't be bothered for such a small thing. And since most people will not be bothered either, this (and similar 'issues') will likely remain unfixed for some time. The only solution I see is to make bug reporting easy - like a quick post here. I am not trying to criticise anyone or anything, just offering the view of someone much less involved than you.
That is precisely what I had in mind. I'd imagine that it isn't too difficult for people like you to paste such requests in a file and submit them together through the appropriate channel, say, once a month. And so far I have the impression that you read a very significant proportion of the posts here. Anyway, thanks! :)
By the way, there is a place for bug reports at the top of sagemath.org, and every notebook page has a nice bug report spot on it.
Hmm, it hadn't occurred to me that feature requests can be classified as bugs. But the point is, many people will google for 'sagemath feature request' (as I did), find no hits, and give up. Of course, if you would rather have feedback only from people who use Sage a lot, the current setup is perfect.