@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ First off, thank you for taking the time to contribute! :+1: :tada:
*[Code of Conduct](#code-of-conduct)
*[How to Contribute](#how-to-contribute)
*[Discuss](#discuss)
*[Create a Ticket](#create-a-ticket)
*[Ticket Lifecycle](#ticket-lifecycle)
*[Create an Issue](#create-an-issue)
*[Issue Lifecycle](#issue-lifecycle)
*[Submit a Pull Request](#submit-a-pull-request)
*[Build from Source](#build-from-source)
*[Source Code Style](#source-code-style)
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@@ -28,56 +28,55 @@ If you have a question, check Stack Overflow using
[this list of tags](https://spring.io/questions), organized by Spring project.
Find an existing discussion, or start a new one if necessary.
If you find an issue, perform a search in the
[GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues), using a few different keywords.
If you find discussions related to your issue either past or current, read them as it helps you learn about the issue
and helps us make a decision on the issue.
If you believe there is an issue, search through
[existing issues](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues) trying a
few different ways to find discussions, past or current, that are related to the issue.
Reading those discussions helps you to learn about the issue, and helps us to make a
decision.
#### Create a Ticket
#### Create an Issue
Reporting an issue or making a feature request is a great way to contribute. Your feedback
and the conversations that result from it provide a continuous flow of ideas.
and the conversations that result from it provide a continuous flow of ideas. However,
before creating a ticket, please take the time to [discuss and research](#discuss) first.
Before you create a ticket, please take the time to [research first](#discuss).
If creating an issue after a discussion on Stack Overflow, please provide a description
in the issue instead of simply referring to Stack Overflow. The issue tracker is an
important place of record for design discussions and should be self-sufficient.
If creating a ticket after a discussion on Stack Overflow, please provide a self-sufficient description in the ticket, independent of the details on Stack Overflow. We understand this is extra work, but the issue tracker is an important place of record for design discussions and decisions that can often be referenced long after the fix version — for example to revisit decisions, to understand the origin of a feature, and so on.