added bare-bones CONTRIBUTORS.md file

[todd-mystenlabs]

This is primarily a placeholder that we'll fill out in the future re: any requirements we have for contributing, as well as a list of contributors.

[huitseeker]

😮 Why on earth not?

[todd-mystenlabs]

There's a desire to get the following groundwork in place first:

• contributor requirements (adhering to code of conduct, any legal elements needed to be put in place, etc.)
• guidance on what we'll accept (alignment with roadmap)
• any other community process details worked out

So the desire is to get public involvement, but we're not ready yet to specify how that'll work, @huitseeker.

[Clay-Mysten]

Note, we already have:
https://devportal-30dd0.web.app/contribute
https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui/blob/main/doc/src/contribute/index.md

[huitseeker]

If the issue is that we don't know what to put in a CONTRIBUTING.md document, we can crib from the standard Node.js one:
https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#pull-requests
Or the Facebook one:
https://github.com/MystenLabs/narwhal/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md

Which are both pretty standard.

If we actually intend to release an open-source project and discourage contributions, I think we should reconsider open-sourcing at all, as long as we work in this ecosystem.

[todd-mystenlabs]

@huitseeker Sorry ignore the re-review request.

I can add some other verbiage along the lines of what you specified. I just want to make sure we have everything lined up before we start actively looking like we're expecting PRs. Right now, we're not. Maybe the better way to do that is to not have this file here just yet.

[huitseeker]

before we start actively looking like we're expecting PRs. Right now, we're not

I'm confused. What is the liability in "actively looking like we're expecting PRs."?

[Clay-Mysten]

Todd, we should also link to your Issues file.

[todd-mystenlabs]

Pulled out the part about not being ready for PRs.

The file is now just a link to the dev portal version.

[todd-mystenlabs]

@Clay-Mysten - will add a link to the ISSUES.md file. I think you're right in that it will need to go here, since the ISSUES.md file lives at the root level and I don't think the dev portal contributions content can link to it.

[Clay-Mysten]

@Clay-Mysten - will add a link to the ISSUES.md file. I think you're right in that it will need to go here, since the ISSUES.md file lives at the root level and I don't think the dev portal contributions content can link to it.

Exactly. We can link to it from our Contributing to Sui page though. Will do that now.

[huitseeker]

@sblackshear 's right, it's CONTRIBUTING.md:
https://docs.github.com/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/setting-guidelines-for-repository-contributors#adding-a-contributing-file

[todd-mystenlabs]

@Clay-Mysten - do you have any backlinks to this file? Or can I just rename it?

[todd-mystenlabs]

Oops I see we've already got it renamed.

[todd-mystenlabs]

@Clay-Mysten - this PR is stuck until somebody other than me approves the changes Francois proposed. (I can't approve it as the PR owner).

[Clay-Mysten]

@Clay-Mysten - this PR is stuck until somebody other than me approves the changes Francois proposed. (I can't approve it as the PR owner).

I believe @huitseeker needs to approve since he is the one who requested changes. I have already approved.

[huitseeker]

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