From 7fdd30975e3fa9ec4be62464a9fcab7798d0ed6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brett Cannon Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 10:51:55 -0700 Subject: Explicitly mention what should (not) be discussed on GitHub (GH-1437) --- .github/CONTRIBUTING.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst index 9f4db19..83cfee3 100644 --- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst +++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ also suggestions on how you can most effectively help the project. Please be aware that our workflow does deviate slightly from the typical GitHub project. Details on how to properly submit a pull request are covered in `Lifecycle of a Pull Request `_. +One key point is to keep comments on GitHub to only those related to the reviewing +the code in the pull request. All other discussions -- e.g. about the issue being +fixed -- should happen on bugs.python.org. If you are making a code contribution or large documentation contribution, please feel free to add yourself to the ``Misc/ACKS`` file alphabetically. -- cgit v0.12