Commit ab5c7e58 by Nimisha Asthagiri

Replace tag/label with type, and an example.

parent 8693e78e
......@@ -64,25 +64,30 @@ In order to expedite the review process and to have a clear and mutual understan
between reviewers and contributors, the following terminology is strongly suggested
when submitting comments on a PR:
* **Must** - A comment tagged with "Must" indicates the reviewer feels strongly about
* **Must** - A comment of type "Must" indicates the reviewer feels strongly about
their requested change to the code and feels the PR should not be merged unless
their concern is satisfactorily addressed.
* **Opt(ional)** - A comment tagged with "Optional" indicates the reviewer strongly
* **Opt(ional)** - A comment of type "Optional" indicates the reviewer strongly
favors their suggestion, but may be agreeable to the current behavior, especially
with a persuasive response.
* **Nit(pick)** - A comment tagged with "Nitpick" indicates the reviewer has a minor
* **Nit(pick)** - A comment of type "Nitpick" indicates the reviewer has a minor
criticism that *may* not be critical to address, but considers important to share
in the given context. Contributors should still seriously consider and weigh these
nits and address them in the spirit of maintaining high quality code.
* **FYI** - A comment tagged with "FYI" is a related side comment that is
* **FYI** - A comment of type "FYI" is a related side comment that is
informative, but with the intention of having no required immediate action.
**Note:** Unless stated or implied otherwise, all comments are assumed to be tagged
with "Must".
As an example, the following PR comment is clearly categorized as Optional:
``"Optional: Consider reducing the high degree of connascense in this code by using
keyword arguments."``
**Note:** Unless stated or implied otherwise, all comments are assumed to be of type
"Must".
**Note 2:** It is possible that after further discussion and review, the reviewer
chooses to amend the labelling of their comment, thereby changing its severity to be
higher or lower than what was originally set.
chooses to amend their comment, thereby changing its severity to be higher or
lower than what was originally set.
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