RFR: 8251552: Add minimal CONTRIBUTING.md file

[Erik Helin]

On 8/14/20 11:46 AM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> On 2020-08-14 08:56, Robert Stupp wrote:
>> There's a `Contributing` section at the end of doc/building.[md|html]
>> with some more information. Maybe just copy/move that section to
>> CONTRIBUTING.md?
> It doesn't contain anything else of real substance, it's just a wordy 
> way of pointing folks to https://openjdk.java.net/contribute/. :-)
> 
> Erik: Second revision looks good. Thanks for bringing us up to modern 
> defaults! :)

Thanks Magnus for reviewing!
Erik

> /Magnus
>>
>> On Fri, 2020-08-14 at 07:40 +0200, Erik Helin wrote:
>>> On 8/13/20 11:11 PM, Iris Clark wrote:
>>>> Hi, Erik.
>>> Hi Iris,
>>>
>>> thanks for reviewing!
>>>
>>> On 8/13/20 11:11 PM, Iris Clark wrote:
>>>> Shouldn't CONTRIBUTING.md reference this link instead?
>>>>
>>>>       https://openjdk.java.net/contribute/
>>>>
>>>> It contains preliminary information for new people to begin making
>>>> contributions to the JDK Project.
>>> I agree, that seems better than just linking to the developer's
>>> guide.
>>> Please see updated webrevs below:
>>>
>>> - full: https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ehelin/8251552/01/
>>> - incremental: https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ehelin/8251552/00-01/
>>>
>>> On 8/13/20 11:11 PM, Iris Clark wrote:
>>>> Perhaps I'm not understanding the audience for CONTRIBUTING.md?
>>> It seems like you understand it very well given your great feedback
>>> in
>>> this review :)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Erik
>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Iris
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Erik Helin
>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 12:54 PM
>>>> To: jdk-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>>> Subject: RFR: 8251552: Add minimal CONTRIBUTING.md file
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> please review this patch that adds a minimal CONTRIBUTING.md file
>>>> to the repository. Many source code forges (e.g. GitLab, GitHub,
>>>> BitBucket) show the CONTRIBUTING.md file when a newcomer makes
>>>> their first contribution. Since we already have an OpenJDK
>>>> developer's guide [0], I've chosen to go with a minimal
>>>> CONTRIBUTING.md file that only refers the reader to the developer's
>>>> guide.
>>>>
>>>> Issue:
>>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8251552
>>>>
>>>> Webrev:
>>>> https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ehelin/8251552/00/
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Erik
>>>>
>>>> [0]: https://openjdk.java.net/guide/
>>>>
>> -- 
>> Robert
>>
>> -- 
>> Robert Stupp
>> @snazy
>>
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