From b9e4611e52682e47e1d003125c36d849f11d4b44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trask Stalnaker Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 23:22:16 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updates to CONTRIBUTING.md (#5878) * Updates to CONTRIBUTING.md * Java 11+ --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index ed178c1a1234..f47d2a977e9f 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,17 +1,18 @@ ## Contributing -Pull requests for bug fixes are welcome, but before submitting new features -or changes to current functionality [open an -issue](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/issues/new) -and discuss your ideas or propose the changes you wish to make. After a -resolution is reached a PR can be submitted for review. +Pull requests for bug fixes are always welcome! + +Before submitting new features or changes to current functionality, it is recommended to first +[open an issue](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/issues/new) +and discuss your ideas or propose the changes you wish to make. + +### Building In order to build and test this whole repository you need JDK 11+. + Some instrumentations and tests may put constraints on which java versions they support. See [Running the tests](./docs/contributing/running-tests.md) for more details. -### Building - #### Snapshot builds For developers testing code changes before a release is complete, there are @@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ the Sonatype OSS snapshots repository at `https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repos #### Building from source -Build using Java 11: +Build using Java 11+: ```bash java -version