Update CONTRIBUTING.md

[pbuttigieg]

Started the extension of the CONTRIBUTING.Md doc - more content should be added so devs know what and how to edit to maintain and extend MIxS.

Closes #615

[pbuttigieg]

@turbomam @sujaypatil96 - this PR targets main.

Is that right or is there a branch to stage the release?

[turbomam]

Thanks for starting this, @pbuttigieg. This can be expanded upon in the future.

[turbomam]

@pbuttigieg: there's a merge conflict. Do you prefer for the issues and pulls links to appear before or after your new text about modifying mixs.yaml?

[pbuttigieg]

Before - that information is more general than my additions, so should appear first

[turbomam]

I resolved the merge conflict by placing @pbuttigieg's new content after the links about issues and pull requests

[ramonawalls]

@pbuttigieg I think I havw covered or will cover this content in https://github.com/GenomicsStandardsConsortium/mixs/tree/606-mixs-editing-workflow-and-policy. May I close this PR without merging?

[cmungall]

@ramonawalls

I think I havw covered or will cover this content in https://github.com/GenomicsStandardsConsortium/mixs/tree/606-mixs-editing-workflow-and-policy. May I close this PR without merging?

This linked to a long-running branch with many changes from multiple people. I made a PR for this to make it easier to see the changes:

https://github.com/GenomicsStandardsConsortium/mixs/pull/617/files

However, it looks like @pbuttigieg's PR has independent and useful contributions on how to find the yaml file to edit, etc, so I would like to merge this.

Also, can I make a plea for

• smaller, incremental PRs
• breaking larger pieces of work into smaller
• no long running branches
• always having a PR for each branch to make it more visible
• faster decisions and merges on smaller PRs

Otherwise things get out of sync. This PR is from October. The linked PR is from 5 months ago. All of the good work in these PRs is not yet visible on the site. I know it's hard as we are volunteering time but some simple changes in practice can help us make use of our time more effectively

[mslarae13]

Very old PR. Should we merge main and merge this?
@turbomam @pbuttigieg

[pbuttigieg]

@mslarae13 yes, but @turbomam to verify content is still current