Update CONTRIBUTING document.
Add a quick note about design docs and try bot access.
Change-Id: I6a09dfd70b9e408fe59f9a39639a0b7b5965e4b4
Reviewed-on: https://pdfium-review.googlesource.com/c/pdfium/+/70352
Auto-Submit: dsinclair <dsinclair@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Lei Zhang <thestig@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: dsinclair <dsinclair@chromium.org>
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place for long histories, discussion and debate, attaching screenshots, and
linking to other associated bugs. Bugs are unnecessary for changes isolated
enough to not need any of these.
+ * If the work being implemented is especially complex or large a design
+ document may be warranted. The document should be linked to the filled bug
+ and be set to publicly viewable.
* If there isn't a bug and there should be one, please file a new bug.
* Just because there is a bug in the bug system doesn't necessarily mean that
a patch will be accepted.
@@ -95,6 +98,13 @@
against the structure being received having the required version number in
order to validate the new additions are available.
+## Trybot Access
+Changes must pass the try bots before the are merged into the repo. For your
+first few CLs the try bots will need to be triggered by a committer. After
+you've submitted 2-3 CLs you can request try bot access by emailing one of the
+OWNERS and requesting try bot access. This will allow you to trigger the bots
+on your own changes without needing a committer.
+
## Committers
All changes committed to PDFium must be reviewed by a committer. Committers
have done significant work in the PDFium code base and have a good overall
