stalr

.github/workflows/stale.yml

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           days-before-issue-stale: 730
           days-before-pr-close: 14
           days-before-issue-close: 30
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CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing Guide
+
+We'd love your help!
+
+## How to Contribute
+
+1. Fork this repository
+1. Develop, and test your changes
+1. Submit a pull request
+
+Remember to always work in a branch of your local copy, as you might otherwise
+have to contend with conflicts in main.
+
+### Technical Requirements
+
+* Must follow [Charts best practices](https://helm.sh/docs/topics/chart_best_practices/)
+* Must pass CI jobs for linting and installing changed charts with the
+  [chart-testing](https://github.com/helm/chart-testing) tool
+* Any change to a chart requires a version bump following
+  [semver](https://semver.org/) principles. See [Immutability](#immutability)
+  and [Versioning](#versioning) below
+
+Once changes have been merged, the release job will automatically run to package
+and release changed charts.
+
+### Immutability
+
+Chart releases must be immutable. Any change to a chart warrants a chart version
+bump even if it is only changed to the documentation.
+
+### Versioning
+
+The chart `version` should follow [semver](https://semver.org/).
+
+All changes to a chart require a version bump, following semvar.
+
+Any breaking (backwards incompatible) changes to a chart should:
+
+1. Bump the MINOR version
+2. In the README, under a section called "Upgrading", describe the manual steps
+   necessary to upgrade to the new (specified) MAJOR version