From 9c1c85413842131dc001a3ec158c4020f9a3f074 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Micka=C3=ABl=20R=C3=A9mond?= Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:03:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Initial contributing document --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.md diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fe9ae76f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +# Contributing to ejabberd + +We'd love for you to contribute to our source code and to make ejabberd even better than it is +today! Here are the guidelines we'd like you to follow: + +* [Code of Conduct](#coc) +* [Signing the CLA](#cla) + +## Code of Conduct + +Help us keep ejabberd community open-minded and inclusive. Please read and follow our [Code of Conduct][coc]. + +## Questions, Bugs, Features + +### Got a Question or Problem? + +Do not open issues for general support questions as we want to keep GitHub issues for bug reports +and feature requests. You've got much better chances of getting your question answered on dedicated +support platforms, the best being [Stack Overflow][stackoverflow]. + +Stack Overflow is a much better place to ask questions since: + +- there are thousands of people willing to help on Stack Overflow +- questions and answers stay available for public viewing so your question / answer might help + someone else +- Stack Overflow's voting system assures that the best answers are prominently visible. + +To save your and our time, we will systematically close all issues that are requests for general +support and redirect people to the section you are reading right now. + +Other channels for support are: +- [ejabberd Mailing List][list] +- [ejabberd XMPP room][muc]: ejabberd@conference.process-one.net + +## Signing the Contributor License Agreement (CLA) + +Upon submmitting a Pull Request, we will ask you to sign our CLA if you haven't done +so before. It's a quick process, we promise, and you will be able to do it all online + +You can read [ProcessOne Contribution License Agreement][cla] in PDF. + + +[coc]: https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md +[stackoverflow]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/ejabberd?sort=newest +[list]: http://lists.jabber.ru/mailman/listinfo/ejabberd +[muc]: xmpp:ejabberd@conference.process-one.net +[cla]: https://www.process-one.net/resources/ejabberd-cla.pdf