On the participate as a developer page, the section 'Contribute to an Open Source Project' has an icon saying 'Find out how to Contribute'. Unlike the two other icons, this is not a link, but an email link with a mailto:, which automatically opens a draft email in the client's default mailer.
I'm not sure if this is the best way to encourage contribution. I don't know what to write in that email, or who it is going to.
Something like the contribute.md boilerplate would be a better introduction, in that I could learn whether I can bug triage, develop, fork, etc.
I'm not saying this isn't the right way to do it; just, there may be alternatives that will more actively encourage contribution. What do you think?
On the participate as a developer page, the section 'Contribute to an Open Source Project' has an icon saying 'Find out how to Contribute'. Unlike the two other icons, this is not a link, but an email link with a
mailto:, which automatically opens a draft email in the client's default mailer.I'm not sure if this is the best way to encourage contribution. I don't know what to write in that email, or who it is going to.
Something like the contribute.md boilerplate would be a better introduction, in that I could learn whether I can bug triage, develop, fork, etc.
I'm not saying this isn't the right way to do it; just, there may be alternatives that will more actively encourage contribution. What do you think?