docs: Updates to contributing guide

Mostly some modifications for handling security issues.

Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1370>
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Brad Hards 2022-01-27 10:24:28 +05:30 committed by Nirbheek Chauhan
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@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ these operations:
### Where to File Issues and Feature Requests
- If your issue is security related, please see
[GStreamer Security Center][https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/security/] before
continuing.
- Create a new issue if there is no existing report for this problem yet.
The GStreamer [bugs page][bugs] also has shortcuts for the major components
and simple search functionality if you'd like to browse or search for
@ -131,8 +135,8 @@ Select the namespace (your username), ensure that the visibility is set to
A new repository will be created in your user namespace
(<https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/$GITLAB_USERNAME/gstreamer>). You will be redirected
there automatically once the forking process is finished. For big repositories
the forking might take a few minutes.
there automatically once the forking process is finished. The forking might
take a few minutes.
Once this is done you can add your personal fork as new remote to the gstreamer
repository clone you made in step 3 above with the following command (replace
@ -367,7 +371,7 @@ In the simplest case, you might be able to get away with just doing a `git pull
- Make liberal use of the reference syntax available to help cross-linking
different issues and merge requests. e.g. `#100` references issue 100 in the
current module. `!100` references merge request 100 in the current project.
current project, and `!100` references merge request 100 in the current project.
A complete list is available from [gitlab's documentation][special-md-references].
- Please create separate merge requests for separate issues.
@ -388,7 +392,8 @@ In the simplest case, you might be able to get away with just doing a `git pull
- Please do not send pull requests to our github mirror. They will be closed
automatically.
- Please do not attach patches to issues.
- Please do not attach patches to issues, except in the special case of a fix
for a security issue.
- Please prepare any merge request against a current git checkout of the
GStreamer monorepo (gstreamer module), against the tip of the `main` branch.