From fc402c296be202c7eda6ade54d4d0d29de6ce423 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Travis Ralston Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 12:03:14 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Don't suggest reusing old issues for spec proposals In practice this was confusing for people, so instead we should encourage people to create new issues and reference the existing ones. Signed-off-by: Travis Ralston --- specification/proposals_intro.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/specification/proposals_intro.rst b/specification/proposals_intro.rst index cfa59b8fc..5cd8c5549 100644 --- a/specification/proposals_intro.rst +++ b/specification/proposals_intro.rst @@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ The process for submitting a Matrix Spec Change (MSC) Proposal is as follows: `_ is available. -- Make a new issue at https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues (or - modify an existing one), whose description should list the metadata as per - below. +- Make a new issue at https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues, whose + description should list the metadata as per below. If an existing issue + relates to your proposal, link to it in your new issue. - Gather feedback as widely as possible from the community and core team on the proposal. From d6471698066a348aee550aca68d6b3cbb183d008 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Travis Ralston Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:20:42 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add more strength to the suggestion to find existing issues Signed-off-by: Travis Ralston --- specification/proposals_intro.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/specification/proposals_intro.rst b/specification/proposals_intro.rst index 5cd8c5549..cc4d5d220 100644 --- a/specification/proposals_intro.rst +++ b/specification/proposals_intro.rst @@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ The process for submitting a Matrix Spec Change (MSC) Proposal is as follows: is available. - Make a new issue at https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues, whose - description should list the metadata as per below. If an existing issue - relates to your proposal, link to it in your new issue. + description should list the metadata as per below. Use the github search + function to attempt to locate any related github issues, and link any that + are found in the body of the new issue. - Gather feedback as widely as possible from the community and core team on the proposal.