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authorJake Howard <git@theorangeone.net>2026-03-11 11:35:26 +0000
committerJacob Walls <jacobtylerwalls@gmail.com>2026-03-20 17:47:03 -0400
commit82ccc3d60583ec32cfd59156a8ec651a941c7bd9 (patch)
tree01caa8554b02c26e22d9ee908fce66919509ac53
parentabf1df0e7aa10a02b838a0a974dba716af0719a5 (diff)
[6.0.x] Made it clear that unreviewed tickets shouldn't be claimed or started.
Backport of d9adcfbd5e3ba5859cc0ce6e2e67f533efbc8f9b from main.
-rw-r--r--docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt4
-rw-r--r--docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt11
-rw-r--r--docs/spelling_wordlist2
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt
index 3ac720ebce..29807c8f06 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets.txt
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ The ticket has not been reviewed by anyone who felt qualified to make a
judgment about whether the ticket contained a valid issue or ought to be closed
for any reasons. Unreviewed tickets appear in the "triage" queue.
+Unreviewed tickets may receive additional refinement before being accepted.
+Unless you are both the author of the ticket and intending to submit a patch,
+unreviewed tickets should not be :ref:`claimed <claiming-tickets>`.
+
Accepted
--------
diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt
index b0ce9b519d..47b0d19d8e 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ requests without a Trac ticket.
See the :doc:`/internals/contributing/writing-code/working-with-git` for more
details on how to use pull requests.
+.. _claiming-tickets:
+
"Claiming" tickets
==================
@@ -40,13 +42,14 @@ and time availability), claim it by following these steps:
`ticket tracker`_. Remember that proposals for new features should follow
the :ref:`process for suggesting new features <requesting-features>`.
-* If a ticket for this issue already exists, make sure nobody else has
- claimed it. To do this, look at the "Owned by" section of the ticket.
- If it's assigned to "nobody," then it's available to be claimed.
+* If a ticket for this issue already exists and has been accepted, make sure
+ nobody else has claimed it. To do this, look at the "Owned by" section of
+ the ticket. If it's assigned to "nobody," then it's available to be claimed.
Otherwise, somebody else may be working on this ticket. Either find another
bug/feature to work on, or contact the developer working on the ticket to
offer your help. If a ticket has been assigned for weeks or months without
- any activity, it's probably safe to reassign it to yourself.
+ any activity, it's probably safe to reassign it to yourself. If a ticket
+ hasn't been approved yet, join the conversation.
* Log into your account, if you haven't already, by clicking "GitHub Login"
or "DjangoProject Login" in the upper left of the ticket page. Once logged
diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist b/docs/spelling_wordlist
index d0cf205d8c..112ff719f0 100644
--- a/docs/spelling_wordlist
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ unpythonic
Unregisters
unrendered
unreproducible
-Unreviewed
+unreviewed
unsanitized
unselected
unsets