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-If you would like to contribute to the development of OpenStack,
-you must follow the steps documented at:
+The source repository for this project can be found at:
- https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#development-workflow
+ https://opendev.org/openstack/python-novaclient
-Once those steps have been completed, changes to OpenStack
-should be submitted for review via the Gerrit tool, following
-the workflow documented at:
+Pull requests submitted through GitHub are not monitored.
- https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#development-workflow
+To start contributing to OpenStack, follow the steps in the contribution guide
+to set up and use Gerrit:
-Pull requests submitted through GitHub will be ignored.
+ https://docs.openstack.org/contributors/code-and-documentation/quick-start.html
-Bugs should be filed on Launchpad, not GitHub:
+Bugs should be filed on Launchpad:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-novaclient
+
+For more specific information about contributing to this repository, see the
+python-novaclient contributor guide:
+
+ https://docs.openstack.org/python-novaclient/latest/contributor/contributing.html
diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst b/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst
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+============================
+So You Want to Contribute...
+============================
+
+For general information on contributing to OpenStack, please check out the
+`contributor guide `_ to get started.
+It covers all the basics that are common to all OpenStack projects: the accounts
+you need, the basics of interacting with our Gerrit review system, how we
+communicate as a community, etc.
+
+Below will cover the more project specific information you need to get started
+with python-novaclient.
+
+Communication
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Please refer `how-to-get-involved `_.
+
+Contacting the Core Team
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The overall structure of the Nova team including python-novaclient is
+documented on `the wiki `_.
+
+New Feature Planning
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If you want to propose a new feature please read the
+`blueprints `_ page.
+
+Task Tracking
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+We track our tasks in `Launchpad `__.
+
+If you're looking for some smaller, easier work item to pick up and get started
+on, search for the 'low-hanging-fruit' tag.
+
+Reporting a Bug
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+You found an issue and want to make sure we are aware of it? You can do so on
+`Launchpad `__.
+More info about Launchpad usage can be found on `OpenStack docs page
+`_.
+
+Getting Your Patch Merged
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+All changes proposed to the python-novaclient requires two ``Code-Review +2``
+votes from python-novaclient core reviewers before one of the core reviewers
+can approve patch by giving ``Workflow +1`` vote..
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Contributor Guide
===================
-Code is hosted at `opendev.org`__. Submit bugs to the python-novaclient
-project on `Launchpad`__. Submit code to the `openstack/python-novaclient`
-project using `Gerrit`__.
+Basic Information
+=================
-__ https://opendev.org/openstack/python-novaclient
-__ https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-novaclient
-__ https://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#development-workflow
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+ contributing
+
+Developer Guide
+===============
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2