From 5a07df1dc596fd52705420d3d413b79959bbc3f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hilary James Oliver Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:07:11 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] Update contributor guidelines. --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 7dc04760c4c..75fcb543e18 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ Github](https://github.com/cylc/cylc/issues). Describe your use case in detail. ## Contribute Code -All contributions to Cylc are made via pull requests against the *master* -branch of [cylc/cylc](https://github.com/cylc/cylc). New contributors -should add their details to the [Code Contributors](#code-contributors) -section of this file as part of their first pull request. The developers who -review each pull request are responsible for checking that the contributor's -name is listed in this file before merging the new branch into *master*. +All contributions to Cylc are made via Pull Requests against the *master* +branch of [cylc/cylc](https://github.com/cylc/cylc). Non-trivial +developments must be discussed and agreed in advance in a [Cylc +Issue](https://github.com/cylc/cylc/issues) as the team may not be able to +consider large changes that appear out of the blue. New contributors should +add their details to the [Code Contributors](#code-contributors) section of +this file as part of their first Pull Request, and reviewers are responsible +for checking this before merging the new branch into *master*. ## Code Contributors