From b6c4ecae98409dddb89e78205607f774893b0119 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Max Kasperowski Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 15:52:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 28e2ae6c7..23fced792 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ infrastructure to connect them to diagram editors. * https://www.eclipse.org/elk/ +## Creating issues + +Before creating a new issue with a question, bug report, feature request or similar, +please use the search to avoid creating duplicate issues. In most cases when you create +an issue it is helpful to create and link an example in [elklive](https://rtsys.informatik.uni-kiel.de/elklive/). +There you can also select the version of ELK that should be used. +For questions regarding layout options, the [reference](https://eclipse.dev/elk/reference.html) +can help. In particular you can see what options are supported by which algorithms. +If these resources are not sufficient to solve your problem, please create an issue using the appropriate template! + ## Developer resources Information regarding source code management, builds, and more. @@ -46,4 +56,4 @@ https://www.eclipse.org/projects/handbook/#resources-commit Contact the project developers via the project's "dev" list. -* https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/elk-dev \ No newline at end of file +* https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/elk-dev