From ea09b83e001621775931163a76a9b76d8b5cee27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" <bkuhn@ebb.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 17:50:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] It's useful to post merge requests on mailing list

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 24351a6..3ad832d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -174,3 +174,9 @@ request.
         Target Branch: next
         Source Branch: my-new-idea-for-tutorial
 
+6. While it's possible to discuss the details of the merge request via the
+   web interface, for larger changes, it may be worthwhile to start a thread
+   on
+   [the mailing list](http://lists.copyleft.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss)
+   about the merge request.  Include the URL of the merge request in the
+   post.