add contributing doc

aholmberg · aholmberg · commit f0d473e3722c · 2016-01-29T15:45:24.000-06:00
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Contributing
+============
+
+Contributions are welcome in the form of bug reports or pull requests.
+
+Bug Reports
+-----------
+Quality bug reports are welcome at the `DataStax Python Drvier JIRA <https://datastax-oss.atlassian.net/browse/PYTHON>`_.
+
+There are plenty of `good resources <http://www.drmaciver.com/2013/09/how-to-submit-a-decent-bug-report/>`_ describing how to create
+good bug reports. They will not be repeated in detail here, but in general, the bug report include where appropriate:
+
+* relevant software versions (Python runtime, driver version, cython version, server version)
+* details for how to produce (e.g. a test script or written procedure)
+  * any effort to isolate the issue in reproduction is much-appreciated
+* stack trace from a crashed runtime
+
+Pull Requests
+-------------
+If you're able to fix a bug yourself, you can [fork the repository](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) and submit a [Pull Request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/) with the fix.
+Please include tests demonstrating the issue and fix. For examples of how to run the tests, consult the `dev README <https://github.com/datastax/python-driver/blob/master/README-dev.rst#running-the-tests>`_.
+
+
+Contribution License Agreement
+------------------------------
+To protect the community, all contributors are required to [sign the DataStax Contribution License Agreement](http://cla.datastax.com/). The process is completely electronic and should only take a few minutes.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ cqlengine (originally developed by Blake Eggleston and Jon Haddad, with contribu
 community) is now maintained as an integral part of this package. Refer to
 `documentation here <http://datastax.github.io/python-driver/object_mapper.html>`_.
 
+Contributing
+------------
+See `CONTRIBUTING.md <https://github.com/datastax/ruby-driver/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>`_.
+
 Reporting Problems
 ------------------
 Please report any bugs and make any feature requests on the
