From a22308294ddd210b99951649ca295773c0d2bbe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aleksey Yeschenko Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 22:45:53 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add CONTRIBUTING.md See https://github.com/blog/1184-contributing-guidelines Hopefully this will miminise the amount of pull requests we keep getting. --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.md diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8366579ad2 --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# Apache Cassandra and Pull Requests + +Apache Cassandra doesn't use GitHub pull requests as part of the development process. +In fact, this repository is a GitHub mirror of [the official repo](https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra.git). The development team has no control over it. We cannot merge or close any pull requests opened for the apache/cassandra repository, so please don't open them. + +# How to Contribute + +Use [Cassandra JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA/) to create an issue, then either attach a patch or post a link to a GitHub branch with your changes. + +# Useful Links + +- How you can contribute to Apache Cassandra [presentation](http://www.slideshare.net/yukim/cassandrasummit2013) by Yuki Morishita +- Code style [wiki page](https://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/CodeStyle) +- Running Cassandra in IDEA [guide](https://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/RunningCassandraInIDEA) +- Running Cassandra in Eclipse [guide](https://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/RunningCassandraInEclipse) +- Cassandra Cluster Manager - [CCM](https://github.com/pcmanus/ccm) and a guide [blog post](http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/ccm-a-development-tool-for-creating-local-cassandra-clusters) +- Cassandra Distributed Tests aka [dtests](https://github.com/riptano/cassandra-dtest)