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| author | Matthias Krüger <matthias.krueger@famsik.de> | 2021-11-23 19:28:09 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-11-23 19:28:09 +0100 |
| commit | 448422471020d80a2fe6f9732d16ca19c93a12c4 (patch) | |
| tree | 653d4ad085398ea715f2acd0e6de636c7f6c89ae | |
| parent | eb5c2d38952d9e281a28a4c6cb417b4cce83fe71 (diff) | |
| parent | bb7ec7b7e94cfb719283b051d462daa2f707c077 (diff) | |
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Rollup merge of #91137 - jyn514:contributing, r=spastorino
Give people a single link they can click in the contributing guide Doc Jones mentioned that one of the things making it hard to get started is that the amount of information is overwhelming, between the dev-guide, contributing guide, and discussion platforms. This gives people a single link they can click to ask for help. cc ``@doc-jones`` - is this what you had in mind?
| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTING.md | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 5 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 2827a46ae6f..223fd0065bf 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ Thank you for your interest in contributing to Rust! There are many ways to contribute and we appreciate all of them. +The best way to get started is by asking for help in the [#new +members](https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/122652-new-members) +Zulip stream. We have lots of docs below of how to get started on your own, but +the Zulip stream is the best place to *ask* for help. + Documentation for contributing to Rust is located in the [Guide to Rustc Development](https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/), commonly known as the [rustc-dev-guide]. Despite the name, this guide documents -not just how to develop rustc (the Rust compiler), but also how to contribute to any part -of the Rust project. - -To get started with contributing, please read the [Contributing to Rust] chapter of the guide. -That chapter explains how to get your development environment set up and how to get help. +not just how to develop rustc (the Rust compiler), but also how to contribute to the standard library and rustdoc. ## About the [rustc-dev-guide] diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 32fab9fc25d..78edac9d12c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ standard library, and documentation. **Note: this README is for _users_ rather than _contributors_. If you wish to _contribute_ to the compiler, you should read the -[Getting Started][gettingstarted] section of the rustc-dev-guide instead.** +[Getting Started][gettingstarted] section of the rustc-dev-guide instead. +You can ask for help in the [#new members Zulip stream][new-members].** + +[new-members]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/122652-new-members ## Quick Start |