svn commit: r1756267 - /logging/log4net/trunk/README.txt

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Author: bodewig
Date: Sat Aug 13 13:20:12 2016
New Revision: 1756267

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1756267&view=rev
Log:
add some notes on how to contribute

also use this commit to close #27 which has been rejected by Dominik
in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-518

Modified:
    logging/log4net/trunk/README.txt

Modified: logging/log4net/trunk/README.txt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/logging/log4net/trunk/README.txt?rev=1756267&r1=1756266&r2=1756267&view=diff
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--- logging/log4net/trunk/README.txt (original)
+++ logging/log4net/trunk/README.txt Sat Aug 13 13:20:12 2016
@@ -14,3 +14,17 @@ doc/index.html
 
 For the latest documentation see the log4net web site at:
 http://logging.apache.org/log4net
+
+Contributing
+============
+
+log4net development happens on the log4net dev mailing list, see
+<https://logging.apache.org/log4net/mail-lists.html>.  Please join the
+mailing list and discuss bigger changes before working on them.
+
+For bigger changes we must ask you to sign a Contributor License
+Agreement <http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas>.
+
+github pull requests are one way to contribute, but our real issue
+tracker is JIRA <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET>.
+