From ac35ce393184736156460f2cb28c4253ece2e9d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Ericson Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:18:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Serial submission policy Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/28897) --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 35c45a319fb..09416095e64 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ open an issue for it before starting work, to get comments from the community. Someone may be already working on the same thing, or there may be special reasons why a feature is not implemented. +Similarly, if you plan to submit many pull requests, please start with +a representative sample (no more than 3 or 4) and open an issue +explaining your process. The OpenSSL project has limited resources, +especially when it comes to reviewers, so we appreciate advanced +communication before submitting many pull requests. In addition, +contributors should personally evaluate potential patches generated by +automated tools. + To make it easier to review and accept your pull request, please follow these guidelines: -- 2.47.3