From f67af32c1ba4f504d1143b2e6b2a9c09c9eaa1f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emily Bache Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 08:53:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md about contributing --- README.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ddf6f0ca..8731a01f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ is also really useful for practicing writing good tests using different framewor ## Contributing -Contributions are encouraged! You could add a translations of the specification -in another language or a new starting point for your favorite programming -language. Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details. +I have been struggling for some time with the maintenance burden for the Gilded Rose respository. I get frequent spurious pull requests from people who have been assigned to work on it as an exercise by some other organization (I don't know who) and mistakenly send me a pull request with their solution. I get so many of these it's a significant amount of work to check that they aren't a legitimate contribution. It's really annoying. I have sadly now added a restriction now so that only prior contributors can now open issues, comment, or create pull requests. + +If you would like to make an actual contribution that improves the starting position of the exercise, please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for some ideas about how to get involved.