From 1331e15ac375426fef89928b5ea5d62a724c6380 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Black <grooverdan@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:48:51 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] DOC: guidance for pull requests

---
 DEVELOP | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/DEVELOP b/DEVELOP
index a31bf04a..124f4c01 100644
--- a/DEVELOP
+++ b/DEVELOP
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ would like to add to Fail2Ban, the best way to do so it to use the GitHub Pull
 Request feature. You can find more details on the Fail2Ban wiki
 (http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Get_Involved)
 
+Pull Requests
+=============
+
+When submitting pull requests on GitHub we ask you to:
+* Clearly describe the problem you're solving;
+* Don't introduce regressions that will make it hard for systems adminstrators 
+  to update;
+* Include test cases (see below);
+* Include sample logs (if relevant);
+* Include a change to the relevant section of the ChangeLog; and
+* Include yourself in THANKS if not already there.
+
 Testing
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