[llvm-dev] [RFC] Let's add a CONTRIBUTING.md file to llvm-project

[Philip Reames via llvm-dev]

+1 to Reid's comment and the original proposal.

On 11/22/2019 11:33 AM, Reid Kleckner via llvm-dev wrote:
> I think you could go ahead and do 2 in the interim without waiting for 
> this to reach consensus.
>
> In the long run, I suppose I prefer 3. Our doc update system is down 
> at the moment anyway. Might as well leverage github for now.
>
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 6:40 AM Florian Hahn via llvm-dev 
> <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org <mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     With multiple proposals to improve the situation for newcomers in
>     flight, let me add another brief proposal:
>
>     Let’s add a CONTRIBUTING.md file to the top-level directory of
>     llvm-project.
>
>     I think this would make the information about how to contribute
>     more visible and Github uses CONTRIBUTING.md to display
>     ‘Contributing Guidelines’ at a few places, like when creating new
>     issues or pull requests
>     (https://github.blog/2012-09-17-contributing-guidelines/). This
>     would be a suitable place to mention that we are not using Github
>     issues/PRs and point to the current procedures for filing issues
>     and sharing patches.
>
>     If we decide to add a CONTRIBUTING.md file, the next question is
>     what the content should be. We already have a page intended to
>     summarize the information necessary to file bugs and contribute
>     patches: https://llvm.org/docs/Contributing.html
>
>     We could either
>
>     1. Duplicate the content of llvm/docs/Contributing.rst in the
>     CONTRIBUTING.md file (I put up a patch to do that a while ago
>     before the transition to the mono-repo, but abandoned it  because
>     the feedback was that it was not the right time to do it
>     https://reviews.llvm.org/D59108)
>
>     2. Have CONTRIBUTING.md mention that Github Issues/PRs are not
>     used at the moment and link to
>     https://llvm.org/docs/Contributing.html.
>
>     3. Move the contents of llvm/docs/Contributing.rst from the docs
>     to CONTRIBUTING.md. Have
>     https://llvm.org/docs/Contributing.html redirect to
>     CONTRIBUTING.md on Github.
>
>     Personally I think we should either go with 2. or 3.
>
>     Please let me know what you think!
>
>     Cheers,
>     Florian
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