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Added 'Claiming tickets' section to docs/contributing.txt 

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@ -112,6 +112,61 @@ Submitting patches
We're always grateful for patches to Django's code. Indeed, bug reports with
associated patches will get fixed *far* more quickly than those without patches.
"Claiming" tickets
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In an open-source project with hundreds of contributors around the world, it's
important to manage communication efficiently so that work doesn't get
duplicated and contributors can be as effective as possible. Hence, our policy
is for contributors to "claim" tickets in order to let other developers know
that a particular bug or feature is being worked on.
If you have identified a contribution you want to make and you're capable of
fixing it (as measured by your coding ability, knowledge of Django internals
and time availability), claim it by following these steps:
* `Create an account`_ to use in our ticket system.
* If a ticket for this issue doesn't exist yet, create one in our
`ticket tracker`_.
* If a ticket for this issue already exists, make sure nobody else has
claimed it. To do this, look at the "Assigned to" section of the ticket.
If it's assigned to "nobody," then it's available to be claimed.
Otherwise, somebody else is working on this ticket, and you either find
another bug/feature to work on, or contact the developer working on the
ticket to offer your help.
* Log into your account, if you haven't already, by clicking "Login" in the
upper right of the ticket page.
* Claim the ticket by clicking the radio button next to "Accept ticket"
near the bottom of the page, then clicking "Submit changes."
.. _Create an account: http://www.djangoproject.com/accounts/register/
Ticket claimers' responsibility
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once you've claimed a ticket, you have a responsibility to work on that ticket
in a reasonably timely fashion. If you don't have time to work on it, either
unclaim it or don't claim it in the first place!
Core Django developers go through the list of claimed tickets from time to
time, checking whether any progress has been made. If there's no sign of
progress on a particular claimed ticket for a week or two after it's been
claimed, we will unclaim it for you so that it's no longer monopolized and
somebody else can claim it.
If you've claimed a ticket and it's taking a long time (days or weeks) to code,
keep everybody updated by posting comments on the ticket. That way, we'll know
not to unclaim it. More communication is better than less communication!
Which tickets should be claimed?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Of course, going through the steps of claiming tickets is overkill in some
cases. In the case of small changes, such as typos in the documentation or
small bugs that will only take a few minutes to fix, you don't need to jump
through the hoops of claiming tickets. Just submit your patch and be done with
it.
Patch style
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