Upcoming changes for contributions

[endigo9740]

Hey everyone,

Just a heads up to all contributors. We've had a couple PRs come through this week that haven't met expectations. This is not a negative comment on the contributors, the quality, or the amount of work put in - rather that we have very specific needs and use cases for features added to Skeleton. Given this, I've had to deny a couple large PRs from a couple active contributors. I hate doing this, it hurts every time, but I want everyone to know we take issues like this to heart, and I take full responsibility for these kinds of miscommunications.

To address this, we're going to implement a few changes going forward:

1. I'm going to spend some time this afternoon adding new tickets for remaining v1.0 milestones, based on the roadmap
2. I'll ensure these new tickets include more detailed specs, requirements, mocks, etc as relevant
3. I'm also going to review and flush out existing tickets to meet these same standards

The goal here being to ensure we'll all on the same page and all working towards common goals together.

Tips for Contributing

A few other tips I want to share for anyone wishing to contribute:

1. Always, always, always communicate with me or the core team either on Discord on GitHub to help establish boundaries for new features. Feature creep is a major issue, so we have to be diligent to avoid it
2. If you don't feel there's an adequate amount of information in a ticket, don't be afraid to ask questions. We encourage this!
3. Try and submit an early draft PR as soon as humanly possible. I do this from the first commit so it's public ASAP. This allows for early peer review, which benefits everyone involved.
4. Don't be afraid to request an early peer review as well! That's what we're all here for.

I realize it can be scary to show unfinished worked, or perhaps you're just in the groove and forget, but I've seen several cases were a change in direction early on could have saved lots of time and effort! Everyone here is a developer and understand what unfinished work looks like. Plus no one will ever judge your work in a malicious manner. If they do, let me know, and I'll drop the ban hammer in an heartbeat ;)

But again, the goal is to work together and create something badass - and we're well on our way with Skeleton. If you have other ideas for improving this process please let me know in the comments below. I value your feedback.

Thanks,
Chris