From bdc5c16e76c5d0bc147408353b2ba4faa8e914fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Owen Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 22:34:31 -0700 Subject: [SPARK-6889] [DOCS] CONTRIBUTING.md updates to accompany contribution doc updates Part of the SPARK-6889 doc updates, to accompany wiki updates at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPARK/Contributing+to+Spark See draft text at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tB9-f9lmxhC32QlOo4E8Z7eGDwHx1_Q3O8uCmRXQTo8/edit# Author: Sean Owen Closes #5623 from srowen/SPARK-6889 and squashes the following commits: 03773b1 [Sean Owen] Part of the SPARK-6889 doc updates, to accompany wiki updates at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPARK/Contributing+to+Spark --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'CONTRIBUTING.md') diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index b6c6b050fa..f10d7e277e 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ ## Contributing to Spark -Contributions via GitHub pull requests are gladly accepted from their original -author. Along with any pull requests, please state that the contribution is -your original work and that you license the work to the project under the -project's open source license. Whether or not you state this explicitly, by -submitting any copyrighted material via pull request, email, or other means -you agree to license the material under the project's open source license and -warrant that you have the legal authority to do so. +*Before opening a pull request*, review the +[Contributing to Spark wiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPARK/Contributing+to+Spark). +It lists steps that are required before creating a PR. In particular, consider: + +- Is the change important and ready enough to ask the community to spend time reviewing? +- Have you searched for existing, related JIRAs and pull requests? +- Is this a new feature that can stand alone as a package on http://spark-packages.org ? +- Is the change being proposed clearly explained and motivated? -Please see the [Contributing to Spark wiki page](https://cwiki.apache.org/SPARK/Contributing+to+Spark) -for more information. +When you contribute code, you affirm that the contribution is your original work and that you +license the work to the project under the project's open source license. Whether or not you +state this explicitly, by submitting any copyrighted material via pull request, email, or +other means you agree to license the material under the project's open source license and +warrant that you have the legal authority to do so. -- cgit v1.2.3