updates the contributing guidelines [other]

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Andreas Rumpf
2019-06-07 16:21:01 +02:00
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@@ -343,12 +343,10 @@ The Git stuff
General commit rules
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1. Bugfixes that should be backported to the latest stable release should
contain the string ``[backport]`` in the commit message! There will be an
outmated process relying on these. However, bugfixes also have the inherent
risk of causing regressions which are worse for a "stable, bugfixes-only"
branch, so in doubt, leave out the ``[backport]``. Standard library bugfixes
are less critical than compiler bugfixes.
1. The commit message should contain either ``[bugfix]`` or ``[feature]``
or ``[refactoring]`` or ``[other]``. Refactorings and bugfixes and "other"
are backported to the latest stable release branch (currently 0.20.x).
Refactorings are backported because they often enable further bugfixes.
2. All changes introduced by the commit (diff lines) must be related to the
subject of the commit.