Commit 6f82144b authored by Laurence Urhegyi's avatar Laurence Urhegyi
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Update CONTRIBUTING.rst

amends some confusing wording re committer policy 
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.. _contributing:
.. _contributing:


Contributing
Contributing
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Committer access
Committer access
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We'll hand out commit access to anyone who has successfully landed a single
We'll hand out commit access to anyone who has successfully landed a
patch to the code base. Please request this via Slack or the mailing list.
patch to the code base. Please request this via Slack or the mailing list.


This of course relies on contributors being responsive and show willingness to
This of course relies on contributors being responsive and showing willingness to
address problems after landing branches there should not be any problems here.
address any problems that come about after landing branches.

What we are expecting of committers here in general is basically to escalate the
review in cases of uncertainty:


- If the change is very trivial (obvious few line changes, typos…), and you are
When submitting a patch, please obtain a review from another committer who is 
  confident of the change, there is no need for review.
familiar with the area of the code base which the branch effects. An approval 
- If the change is non trivial, please obtain a review from another committer
from someone who is not the patch author will be needed before any merge (we use
  who is familiar with the area which the branch effects. An approval from
gitlab's 'approval' feature for this). What we are expecting of committers here 
  someone who is not the patch author will be needed before any merge.
in general is basically to escalate the review in cases of uncertainty.


.. note::
.. note::