From 7b2215b8824295efaa77eea61a4d4eed4cd77ca3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?louiz=E2=80=99?= Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:01:52 +0200 Subject: Add a CONTRIBUTING file --- CONTRIBUTING.rst | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ README.rst | 9 ++------- 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.rst diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f80b4a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +Contributing to biboumi +======================= + +Biboumi’s main workplace is at https://lab.louiz.org/louiz/biboumi + +The repository is also mirrored on other websites, for example on github, but +that’s mainly for the convenience of users. + +Before doing anything, you can come on the `XMPP chatroom`_ to discuss your +changes, issues or ideas. + +Bug reports, feature requests +----------------------------- +To open a bug report, or a feature request, please do so on +`our gitlab’s bug tracker`_. + +If the issue you’re reporting may have security implications, please select +the “confidential” flag in your bug report. + + +Code +---- +To contribute code, you can do so using git: commit your changes on any +publicly available git repository and communicate us its address. This +can be done with a `gitlab merge request`_, or a `github pull request`_ +or just by sending a message into the `XMPP chatroom`_. + + +Coding style +------------ +Please try to follow the existing style: + +- Use only spaces, not tabs. +- Curly brackets are on their own lines. +- Use this-> everywhere it’s possible. +- Don’t start class attributes with “m_” or similar. +- Type names are in PascalCase. +- Everything else is in snake_case. + + +.. _our gitlab’s bug tracker: https://lab.louiz.org/louiz/biboumi/issues/new +.. _gitlab merge request: https://lab.louiz.org/louiz/biboumi/merge_requests/new +.. _github pull request: https://github.com/louiz/biboumi/pulls +.. _XMPP chatroom: xmpp:biboumi@muc.poez.io diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index f1aefa3..fad4206 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -52,13 +52,7 @@ Contact/Support * XMPP ChatRoom: biboumi@muc.poez.io * Report a bug: https://lab.louiz.org/louiz/biboumi/issues/new -To contribute, the preferred way is to commit your changes on some -publicly-available git repository (a fork on gitlab or github or on your own -repository) and to notify the developers with a ticket on the bug tracker, -or a merge request on gitlab or a pull request on github. - -Optionally you can come discuss your changes on the XMPP chat room, -beforehand. +Also, see the `contributing`_ page. Licence @@ -71,3 +65,4 @@ Please read the COPYING file for details. .. _INSTALL: INSTALL.rst .. _the documentation: doc/biboumi.1.rst +.. _contributing: CONTRIBUTING.rst -- cgit v1.2.3