From fe00e8ced29eeea15c914a8422c96e6183ba021c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Rosdahl Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:23:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update contribution guidelines --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 0147aa7e9..763be4fab 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ Please include at least the following information in your bug report: Also, consider reading [Effective Ways to Get Help from Maintainers]( https://www.snoyman.com/blog/2017/10/effective-ways-help-from-maintainers). - ## Contributing code? -Great! You can create a pull request with your proposal on github, or you could -post one or several patches to the -[mailing list](https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/ccache/). +The preferred way is to create one or several pull request with your +proposal(s) on [GitHub](https://github.com/ccache/ccache). + +If you plan to implement major changes it is wise to open an issue on GitHub +(or send a mail to the mailing list) asking for comments on your plans before +doing the bulk of the work. That way you can avoid potentially wasting time on +doing something that might not end up being accepted. ### How to write commit messages -- 2.47.3