From: Sandro Santilli Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 10:52:10 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Draft a CONTRIBUTING file as suggested by Jody Garnett X-Git-Tag: 2.3.0beta1~419 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=775817c24521613b747bcdb9a8bd26fe0bfe4583;p=postgis Draft a CONTRIBUTING file as suggested by Jody Garnett See https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-October/015197.html git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis/trunk@14290 b70326c6-7e19-0410-871a-916f4a2858ee --- diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f17efcab0 --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +PostGIS development planning happens via a [Trac instance] +(https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/). + +In order for proper scheduling of contributions acceptance/merging it +is recommended to file a ticket there and add your patch or a link +to a patch or to a public git branch where your development is ongoing. + +Filing a ticket requires setting up an OSGeo account, which lets you +contribute to every project of the [Open Source Geospatial Foundation] +(http://www.osgeo.org/). + +As we understand you might not want to setup a new account, simply +filing a pull request on one of the [PostGIS code mirrors] +(https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/wiki/CodeMirrors) is also welcome, +but it is easier for such a contributions to miss our radars unless +it _also_ has a matching Trac ticket. + +If you intend to be involved for more than an occasional patch we +recommend you to subscribe to the [development mailing list] +(https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/postgis-devel).