svn commit: r1674578 - /commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/index.xml.vm

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Author: britter
Date: Sat Apr 18 19:40:47 2015
New Revision: 1674578

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1674578
Log:
Add section about contributing to front page

Modified:
    commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/index.xml.vm

Modified: commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/index.xml.vm
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/index.xml.vm?rev=1674578&r1=1674577&r2=1674578&view=diff
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--- commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/index.xml.vm (original)
+++ commons/cms-site/trunk/content/xdoc/index.xml.vm Sat Apr 18 19:40:47 2015
@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@
         You may also read our <a href="charter.html">charter</a>,
         which spells out the goals of the project in greater detail.
       </p>
+      <p>
+        The Apache Commons source code repositories are writable for all
+        ASF committers. While Apache Commons is a Commit-Then-Review community,
+        we would consider it polite and helpful for contributors to announce
+        their intentions and plans on the dev
+        <a href="mail-lists.html">mailing list</a> before committing code.
+        All contributors should read our <a href="patches.html">contributing
+        guidelines</a>. We accept patches as SVN diff files uploaded to the
+        <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira">Apache bugtracker</a> or as
+        pull request via our <a href="https://github.com/apache">github mirrors</a>.
+      </p>
     </section>
 
     <section name="Apache Commons Proper">