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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index dfb2ce0099a..6b261bd5938 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ _This notice should stay as the first item in the CONTRIBUTING.md file._ Thank you for your interest in contributing to GitLab. This guide details how to contribute to GitLab in a way that is efficient for everyone. -Looking for something to work on? Look for the label [Accepting Merge Requests](#i-want-to-contribute). +Looking for something to work on? Look for issues with the label [Accepting Merge Requests](#i-want-to-contribute). GitLab comes into two flavors, GitLab Community Edition (CE) our free and open source edition, and GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) which is our commercial @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ the remaining issues on the GitHub issue tracker. ## I want to contribute! If you want to contribute to GitLab, but are not sure where to start, -look for [issues with the label `Accepting Merge Requests` and weight < 5][accepting-mrs-weight]. +look for [issues with the label `Accepting Merge Requests` and small weight][accepting-mrs-weight]. These issues will be of reasonable size and challenge, for anyone to start contributing to GitLab. @@ -209,8 +209,7 @@ We add the ~"Accepting Merge Requests" label to: - Low priority ~bug issues (i.e. we do not add it to the bugs that we want to solve in the ~"Next Patch Release") -- Small ~"feature proposal" that do not need ~UX / ~"Product work", or for which -the ~UX / ~"Product work" is already done +- Small ~"feature proposal" - Small ~"technical debt" issues After adding the ~"Accepting Merge Requests" label, we try to estimate the @@ -223,6 +222,17 @@ know how difficult the issue is. Additionally: - We encourage people that have never contributed to any open source project to look for ["Accepting Merge Requests" issues with a weight of 1][firt-timers] +If you've decided that you would like to work on an issue, please @-mention +the [appropriate product manager](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/#who-to-talk-to-for-what) +as soon as possible. The product manager will then pull in appropriate GitLab team +members to further discuss scope, design, and technical considerations. This will +ensure that that your contribution is aligned with the GitLab product and minimize +any rework and delay in getting it merged into master. + +GitLab team members who apply the ~"Accepting Merge Requests" label to an issue +should update the issue description with a responsible product manager, inviting +any potential community contributor to @-mention per above. + [up-for-grabs]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues?label_name=Accepting+Merge+Requests&scope=all&sort=weight_asc&state=opened [firt-timers]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues?label_name%5B%5D=Accepting+Merge+Requests&scope=all&sort=upvotes_desc&state=opened&weight=1 |