id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
35546	Modernize contributing pages to align with current requirement of having an accepted ticket for non trivial changes	Natalia Bidart	Maryam Yusuf	"Following some feedback from https://github.com/django/django/pull/17389, there are some parts in these docs:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/bugs-and-features/
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches/

that could benefit from being more explicit about the need to have an accepted ticket when working on non trivial changes.

Specifically, I think that this paragraph is misleading:

""As with most open-source projects, code talks. If you are willing to write the code for the feature yourself or, even better, if you’ve already written it, it’s much more likely to be accepted. Fork Django on GitHub, create a feature branch, and show us your work!""

And also the patch review checklist should explicitly mention that an accepted ticket is required to get reviews/discussion in a GH PR."	Cleanup/optimization	closed	Documentation	dev	Normal	fixed		Maryam Yusuf	Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0