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When submitting the pull request, please accompany it with a description of the problem you are trying to solve and the issue number if available, that this pull request fixes.
We will try to respond promptly to all requests. The pull request is an opportunity to work together. We may not accept all changes, but we will explain our logic.
We will review contribitions and there is a process which involves at least 1 contributor, usually a BBC employee. This process can take time based on the size, complexity and type of the contribution, resource and time from our side. With large complex contributions, we recommend starting a seperate issue around resourcing referencing the contribution.
Its recommended commit messages are link to discussions and issues when possible. Helping with the context and understanding of the change.
We highly recommend file formats where the changes within the files can be easily viewed and understood in plain text by any knowledgeable person.
Ideally contributions should be signed and provide a email address or way to be contacted for further conversation (such as a GitHub account). This helps with future contributors who may need to ask about past contributions. We are open to discuss alternatives if this is not possible for security or privacy reasons.
Our public values are essential to us and any contributions will be weighed against them. We hightly recommend reading them ahead of submitting any contribution. We will not support contributions which are against our public values.