@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Responsibilities include:
2828* PR/issue management
2929 - Renaming PRs
3030 - Reviewing PRs
31- - Closing PRs and issues
3231 - Assisting contributors
3332 - Notifying appropriate core developers
3433* Applying appropriate labels to PRs/Issues
@@ -37,6 +36,16 @@ Responsibilities include:
3736 - Good first issue
3837 - Other categorizations
3938
39+ As triagers gain experience, they may have some intuition of when a PR should
40+ be closed. Triagers can recommend closing a PR, but the final decision must be
41+ made by a core developer. By having triagers and core developers work together,
42+ the author receives a careful consideration of their PR. This encourages future
43+ contributions, regardless of whether their PR is accepted or closed.
44+
45+ Triagers can make use of the ``invalid `` and ``stale `` labels to suggest that a
46+ PR may be suitable for closure. For more information, see the
47+ :ref: `GitHub PR labels <github-pr-labels >` section.
48+
4049It is also of paramount importance to treat every contributor to the Python
4150project kindly and with respect. Regardless of whether they're entirely new
4251or a veteran core developer, they're actively choosing to voluntarily donate their
@@ -72,6 +81,7 @@ For every new triager, it would be great to announce them in the python-committe
7281mailing list and core-workflow category in Discourse. `Example announcement
7382<https://discuss.python.org/t/abhilash-raj-has-been-granted-triage-role-on-github/2089> `_.
7483
84+ .. _github-pr-labels :
7585
7686GitHub Labels for PRs
7787'''''''''''''''''''''
@@ -93,8 +103,9 @@ expert-asyncio
93103invalid
94104 Used manually for PRs that do not meet basic requirements and
95105 automatically added by bedevere when PR authors attempt to merge maintenace
96- branches into the master branch. During competitions, this label causes the
97- PR to not count towards the author's contributions.
106+ branches into the master branch. During events such as the October
107+ Hacktoberfest, this label will prevent the PR from counting toward the
108+ author's contributions.
98109
99110needs backport to X.Y
100111 Used for PRs which are appropriate to backport to
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