From efa1bc372fbfbf0503b7452e17c7034c512e19bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Achilleas Pipinellis Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:20:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Fix typos and add a paragraph to urge people to mention the relevant MR [ci skip] --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 23 +++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index a946c2cd882..5d4aa61fb12 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -245,22 +245,25 @@ addressed. ### Technical debt -In order to track things that can be improved in GitLab codebase, we created a -*technical debt* label in [issue tracker of CE][ce-tracker]. +In order to track things that can be improved in GitLab's codebase, we created +the ~"Technical debt" label in [GitLab's issue tracker][ce-tracker]. This label should be added to issues that describe things that can be improved, -shortcuts that has been taken, code that needs refactoring, features that need +shortcuts that have been taken, code that needs refactoring, features that need additional attention, and all other things that have been left behind due to high velocity of development. -Everyone can create an issue (though you may need to ask for adding a specific -label, if you do not have permissions to do it by yourself), additional labels -can be combined with *technical debt* label, to make it easier to schedule the -improvements for a release. +Everyone can create an issue, though you may need to ask for adding a specific +label, if you do not have permissions to do it by yourself. Additional labels +can be combined with the `Technical debt` label, to make it easier to schedule +the improvements for a release. -Issues with *technical debt* label have a same priority like issues that -describe a new features that can be introduced in GitLab, and should be -scheduled for a release by appropriate person. +Issues tagged with the `Technical debt` label have the same priority like issues +that describe a new feature to be introduced in GitLab, and should be scheduled +for a release by the appropriate person. + +Make sure to mention the merge request that the `Technical debt` issue is +associated with in the description of the issue. ## Merge requests