From be8ea514ed2c22b3f1f5aa9a754b2a992be8c4f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Gamari Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:17:14 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] CONTRIBUTING: Describe project and milestone usage (#8038) * CONTRIBUTING: Describe project and milestone usage * pr8083: address code reviews Co-authored-by: Artem Pelenitsyn --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 7134b800bca..546b36eaa6a 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -183,6 +183,20 @@ We like [this style guide][guide]. [guide]: https://github.com/tibbe/haskell-style-guide/blob/master/haskell-style.md +GitHub conventions +------------------- + +Each major `Cabal`/`cabal-install` release (e.g. 3.4, 3.6, etc.) has a +corresponding GitHub Project and milestone. A ticket is included in a release's +project if the release managers are tenatively planning on including a fix for +the ticket in the release, i.e. if they are actively seeking someone to work on +the ticket. + +By contrast, a ticket is milestoned to a given release if we are open to +accepting a fix in that release, i.e. we would very much appreciate someone +working on it, but are not committing to actively sourcing someone to work on +it. + Changelog ---------