docs: create issue label documentation

.github/release-drafter.yml

@@ -10,20 +10,19 @@ change-template: '- $TITLE by @$AUTHOR (#$NUMBER)'
 change-title-escapes: '\<*_&' # You can add # and @ to disable mentions, and add ` to disable code blocks.
 no-changes-template: '- No changes'
 categories:
-  - title: '📚 Documentation'
+  - title: '📝 Documentation'
     labels:
-      - 'documentation'
+      - 'type:docs'
   - title: '🚀 New Features'
     labels:
-      - 'enhancement'
+      - 'type:feature'
   - title: '🐛 Bug Fixes'
     labels:
-      - 'bug'
+      - 'type:bug'
   - title: '🧰 Maintenance'
     labels:
-      - 'repo-configuration'
-      - 'scripts'
-      - 'build'
+      - 'type:ci'
+      - 'type:refactor'
 version-resolver:
   major:
     labels:
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 template: |
   ## ⚙️ Changes
   $CHANGES
-
-  ## 👨🏼‍💻 Contributors
-  $CONTRIBUTORS

docs/issue-labeling.md

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+# Issue labeling
+
+We try to keep issues well-classified through use of labels.
+Any repository collaborator can apply labels according to the below guidelines.
+
+The general idea is that we have:
+
+- status (`status:`)
+- type (`type:`)
+- detector (`detector:`)
+- version (`version:`)
+
+## Label categories
+
+### Status
+
+<details>
+    <summary>Status labels</summary>
+
+    status:requirements
+    status:blocked
+    status:ready
+    status:in-progress
+    status:waiting-on-response
+
+</details>
+
+Use these to label the status of an issue.
+For example, use `status:requirements` to mean that an issue is not yet ready for development to begin.
+If we need the original poster or somebody else to respond to a query of ours, apply the `status:waiting-on-response` label.
+All open issues should have some `status:*` label applied, and [this search](https://github.com/microsoft/component-detection/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc+-label%3Astatus%3Arequirements+-label%3Astatus%3Aready+-label%3Astatus%3Ain-progress+-label%3Astatus%3Ablocked+-label%3Astatus%3Awaiting-on-response) can identify any which are missing a status label.
+
+### Type
+
+<details>
+    <summary>Type labels</summary>
+
+    type:bug
+    type:docs
+    type:feature
+    type:refactor
+    type:help
+    type:ci
+
+</details>
+
+Use these to label the type of issue.
+For example, use `type:bug` to label a bug type issue, and use `type:feature` for feature requests.
+Only use `type:refactor` for code changes, don't use `type:refactor` for documentation type changes.
+Use the `type:help` label for issues which should be converted to a discussion post.
+The `type:ci` label is for issues related to builds or GitHub Actions.
+
+Any issue which has the label `status:ready` should also have a `type:*` label, and [this search](https://github.com/microsoft/component-detection/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc+-label%3Atype%3Abug+label%3Astatus%3Aready+-label%3Atype%3Afeature+-label%3Atype%3Adocs+-label%3Atype%3Arefactor+-label%3Atype%3Aci) can identify any which are missing one.
+
+### Detector
+
+Add the relevant `detector:` labels to the issue.
+If there are multiple detectors affected, add labels for all of them.
+
+### Version
+
+<details>
+    <summary>Version labels</summary>
+
+    version:major
+    version:minor
+    version:patch
+
+</details>
+
+We use [release drafter](https://github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter) to automatically create new releases.
+It generates the next version based on labels of the PRs since the last release.
+If no label is applied the default is `version:patch`.
+
+### Housekeeping
+
+<details>
+    <summary>Housekeeping</summary>
+
+    good first issue
+    help wanted
+    duplicate
+
+</details>
+
+Add a label `good first issue` to issues that are small, easy to fix, and do-able for a newcomer.
+This label is sometimes picked up by tools or websites that try to encourage people to contribute to open source.
+
+Add the label `help wanted` to indicate that we need the original poster or someone else to do some work or it is unlikely to get done.
+
+Add a label `duplicate` to issues/PRs that are a duplicate of an earlier issue/PR.