Comment by mncharity

Just brainstorming, but perhaps a more tangible gradient, with social backpressure? Imagine three identical patch tools: "patch", "submit patch", and "send patch to chief architect and wait". With the "where each can be used" explained or even enforced. Having the contrast of less-aggressive options, might make it easier to encourage more aggressive refactoring elsewhere. Or pushing the impact further up the CoT, "patch'ing X requires an analysis field describing less invasive alternatives and their un/suitability; for Y, just do it, refactor aggressively".