Remove references to Misc/ACKS in the devguide (#1702)

Co-authored-by: Adam Turner <9087854+AA-Turner@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: StanFromIreland

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ Please be aware that our workflow does deviate slightly from the typical GitHub
 project. Details on how to properly submit a pull request are covered in
 [Lifecycle of a Pull Request](https://devguide.python.org/pullrequest/).
 We utilize various bots and status checks to help with this, so do follow the
-comments they leave and their "Details" links, respectively. The key points of
-our workflow that are not covered by a bot or status check are:
+comments they leave and their "Details" links, respectively.
 
-- All discussions that are not directly related to the code in the pull request
-  should happen on the [issue tracker](https://devguide.python.org/tracker/)
-- Upon your first non-trivial pull request (which includes documentation changes),
-  feel free to add yourself to [`Misc/ACKS`](https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Misc/ACKS)
+The final key part of our workflow is that all discussions that are not
+directly related to the code in the pull request should happen on the
+[issue tracker](https://devguide.python.org/tracker/), generally in the
+pull request's parent issue.
 
 
 ## Setting Expectations

getting-started/git-boot-camp.rst

@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ When a pull request submitter has enabled the `Allow edits from maintainers`_
 option, Python Core Developers may decide to make any remaining edits needed
 prior to merging themselves, rather than asking the submitter to do them. This
 can be particularly appropriate when the remaining changes are bookkeeping
-items like updating ``Misc/ACKS``.
+items like updating a news entry.
 
 .. _Allow edits from maintainers: https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks/allowing-changes-to-a-pull-request-branch-created-from-a-fork
 

getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.rst

@@ -629,10 +629,8 @@ it is warranted.
 Crediting
 =========
 
-Non-trivial contributions are credited in the ``Misc/ACKS`` file (and, most
-often, in a contribution's news entry as well).  You may be
-asked to make these edits on the behalf of the core team member who
-accepts your pull request.
+Non-trivial contributions are often credited in What's New in Python
+and a contributions's news entry as well.
 
 .. _issue tracker: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues
 .. _Core Development Discourse category: https://discuss.python.org/c/core-dev/23

triage/triaging.rst

@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ you can help by making sure the pull request:
 * includes proper tests
 * includes proper documentation changes
 * includes a :ref:`NEWS entry <news-entry>` (if needed)
-* includes the author in ``Misc/ACKS``, either already or the pull request adds them
 * doesn't have conflicts with the ``main`` branch
 * :ref:`doesn't have failing CI checks <keeping-ci-green>`