Explicitly mention what should (not) be discussed on GitHub (GH-1437)

diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 9f4db191a78f94e20d7dd5484d1abd63d2842671..83cfee34b45cfb69916c1e21b979d7527f5addea 100644 (file)
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ also suggestions on how you can most effectively help the project.
 Please be aware that our workflow does deviate slightly from the typical GitHub
 project. Details on how to properly submit a pull request are covered in
 `Lifecycle of a Pull Request <https://cpython-devguide.readthedocs.io/pullrequest.html>`_.
+One key point is to keep comments on GitHub to only those related to the reviewing
+the code in the pull request. All other discussions -- e.g. about the issue being
+fixed -- should happen on bugs.python.org.
 
 If you are making a code contribution or large documentation contribution,
 please feel free to add yourself to the ``Misc/ACKS`` file alphabetically.