Contribution Ladder
Contributions should improve compatibility, clarity, or conformance evidence. Start small and move toward standards proposals with reproducible proof.
- Docs fix: clarify ambiguous wording or add missing implementation detail.
- Fixture update: add or refine conformance cases for real integration edge conditions.
- Schema proposal: submit additive fields or constraints with compatibility analysis.
- Governance participation: review open proposals and provide implementer impact feedback.
Quality Bar
- State problem, affected artifact, and expected behavior.
- Describe compatibility impact across existing consumers.
- Include fixture or test evidence where behavior changes.
- Avoid vendor-only assumptions in core semantics.
Submission Templates
- Issue intake template: Open new issue
- Proposal workflow: Open or review pull requests
- Source repository: tensor-framework
Review Expectations
- Maintainers prioritize deterministic behavior and compatibility guarantees.
- Breaking changes require migration and deprecation plans.
- Conformance evidence is weighted higher than opinion in review decisions.
- Unclear proposals are returned with requested evidence gaps.
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