Add an efficient way to advise contributors about opening an issue first before making a PR

[exitflynn]

It's usually a good practice to open an issue first and then make a PR addressing it since it gives some time and opportunity for people to discuss if a change is worth adding before starting work on it, which can save efforts.

We should add that as a guideline somewhere (this could apply for all OSDC projects), though I'm not sure what the best way would be, maybe PR templates that say something to the effect of 'we recommend you open an issue first'?

[Kenny4297]

Hi @exitflynn, I believe I can help with this issue. Would you mind assigning me to it?

[exitflynn]

hey @Kenny4297, apologies for the late response and thanks for the interest! I believe this would require a little research / discussion on what alternatives we can use here beforehand.

(I didn't plan on being recursive 😭 but) Can you add any ideas you might have of how to implement this before starting work on it? It'd give a chance for people to add suggestions.

We should have a discussion tag here. 😎