[Notes] [Git][BuildStream/buildstream][laurence/update-readme] adds file containing boilerplate text re stale MRs

[Laurence Urhegyi <gitlab mg gitlab com>]

Title: GitLab

Laurence Urhegyi pushed to branch laurence/update-readme at BuildStream / buildstream

Commits:

• a3abbe71
  by Laurence Urhegyi at 2019-02-21T17:21:05Z

  adds file containing boilerplate text re stale MRs
  amends wording in readme to add a link

2 changed files:

• + .gitlab/merge_request_templates/stale_MR_message
• CONTRIBUTING.rst

Changes:

.gitlab/merge_request_templates/stale_MR_message

---

	1	+ The below is simply some boilerplate to text for use when commenting on
	2	+ MRs that have not seen enough recent activity.
	3	+
	4	+ Hi, thanks for your contribution! Unfortunately this MR is now over
	5	+ a month without an update from the author, as per our policy I'm WIP'ing
	6	+ this to keep our queue tidy. Please do clear the WIP status if you come
	7	+ back to work on it. Cheers!
	8	+
	9	+ Hi! Since another month has gone by on this MR without an update from the
	10	+ author, as per our policy I'm going to close this to keep our queue tidy.
	11	+ Please do re-open the MR if you come back to work on it. Cheers!
		\ No newline at end of file

CONTRIBUTING.rst

---

...	...	@@ -105,11 +105,14 @@ Consider marking a merge request as WIP again if you are taking a while to
105	105	address a review point. This signals that the next action is on you, and it
106	106	won't appear in a reviewer's search for non-WIP merge requests to review.
107	107
108		-As a general rule of thumb, after a month of no activity on a non-WIP MR, we'll
109		-put it back into WIP with a note to the submitter asking about what is planned
110		-next for the MR. Then after another month with no activity we'll close the MR
111		-off entirely with another note. In this way we are trying to ensure all of the
112		-MRs in the backlog are relevant and up to date.
	108	+As a general rule of thumb, after a month of no activity from the submitter of
	109	+a non-WIP MR, we'll put it back into WIP with a polite note. Then after another
	110	+month with no activity we'll close the MR off entirely with another note.
	111	+In this way we are trying to ensure all of the MRs in our backlog are relevant
	112	+and up to date. We have some `boilerplate text
	113	+<https://gitlab.com/BuildStream/buildstream/blob/master/.gitlab/merge_request_templates/stale_MR_message.md>`_,
	114	+to help us when writing these notes.
	115	+
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