The contribution doc needs updating to reflect changes in our process as well as be more assistive to those formulating a PR.

Some related issues that should be addressed when doing this are:

  • [x] #12925
  • [x] https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/6094
  • [ ] https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/8192
  • [x] #12940
  • [ ] https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/11157

Comment From: marcusdacoregio

Hi @jzheaux, I think this can also be improved with insights from https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/11157. You can keep this and close that as a duplicate if you prefer.