RFR: 8231601: Update CONTRIBUTING.md to clarify process for contributing features plus Skara changes [v3]

[Kevin Rushforth]

On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:45:30 GMT, Nir Lisker <nlisker at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I wanted the "New features / API additions" section to stand on its own. Once thing that might be redundant now is the
>> following sentence in the "Contributing code and documentation changes" section:
>> "Feature requests, in particular, must be discussed ahead of time and will require significant effort on your part."
>> 
>> I think that could be removed or incorporated in "New features / API additions".
>
> I think that "Contributing to the OpenJFX codebase" should be renamed to something related to a style guide. Then split
> the testing part to its own subsection.
> Also, I still find it confusing that "New features / API additions" is not under the code contribution section. There
> seems to be 2 main sections: reporting bugs / requesting features - these don't involve code, just talk; then there is
> contributing code, which covers the process for setup, submissions of bugs fixes, submission of features/API, style,
> and testing (in some order). Wouldn't this be a better flow?

Yes, I do think the flow could be better. I'll need to put this on hold for a while, but when I get back to it, I'll
look at your suggestions and see if I can come up with something that will improve the flow.

Btw, the thinking behind putting the "New features / API additions" sections at the end (sort of like an appendix) is
that I didn't want it to get in the way of the "here's how you sumbit and review a PR" for bug fixes, which is the more
common case. I don't think it achieves that in its current form.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/303