From 43f813422536393a4737e8f0262cd2d45d1ec916 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Craig Dean Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:03:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 282d7a0e..ca546486 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,9 +1,15 @@ # How to contribute -I like to encourage you to contribute to the repository. +We would like to encourage you to contribute to the repository. This should be as easy as possible for you but there are a few things to consider when contributing. The following guidelines for contribution should be followed if you want to submit a pull request. +## General rules + +* We will mostly only accept bug fixes, and feature expansions rather than completely new features. However, if you do have a completely new feature that you would like us to consider for inclusion, please submit an issue first. +* We will almost never accept completely new projects, setting up a new project is complex due to the build processes involved in interlinked NuGets. Again please submit an issue for discussion first! +* We will generally aim to support the latest version of .NET and it's associated tooling. + ## How to prepare * You need a [GitHub account](https://github.com/signup/free) @@ -40,4 +46,4 @@ _Notice: You can [turn your previously filed issues into a pull-request here](ht * [General GitHub documentation](http://help.github.com/) * [GitHub pull request documentation](http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/) -* [Read the Issue Guidelines by @necolas](https://github.com/necolas/issue-guidelines/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details \ No newline at end of file +* [Read the Issue Guidelines by @necolas](https://github.com/necolas/issue-guidelines/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details