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On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Monty Taylor <mordred at inaugust.com> wrote:

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> On 11/21/2012 09:43 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
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>> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:26:53AM -0800, Monty Taylor wrote:
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>>> Hey all!
>>>
>>> When you go to add a new repo on github, you get this message:
>>>
>>> "We recommend that every repository has a README, LICENSE,
>>> CONTRIBUTING, and .gitignore."
>>>
>>> I certainly agree with them on 3 of the 4 - but I've never really
>>> thought about having a CONTRIBUTING file. It seems like a good idea
>>> though - especially since we have a kind-of specific workflow for
>>> contribution.
>>>
>>> What do people think? Should we add that file? In it, should we
>>> include the text of our contribution instructions, or just a small
>>> snippet that directs people to the website with a quick 3-second
>>> "sign cla, download git-review, submit"?
>>>
>>
>> For most projects I'm involved with this kind of info would
>> be either in the README file or the HACKING file. I don't
>> actually remember seeing use of a CONTRIBUTING file before.
>>
>
> Yeah, me either - but hell, if it's something github are about to be
> pushing people to do, I mean, I don't want to be the one without skinny
> jeans and a beard this time around...


https://github.com/blog/1184-contributing-guidelines

If we add the files, github will show a "Check the guidelines for
contributing to this repository" link  for us and we may avoid having
potential contributors send pull requests (I saw a couple of those go by
this week) instead of following the desired workflow.

Doug
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