Blueprints and specifications¶
The Documentation team uses specifications in the docs-specs repository to maintain large changes. Approved specifications are published at Documentation Program Specifications. For tracking purposes, a blueprint is created for each specification.
Use blueprints and specifications:
For any large reorganization of a deliverable or set of deliverables.
For infrastructure or automation work that needs to be designed prior to proposing a patch.
When adding an entirely new deliverable to the docs project.
When adding large sections to an existing document to ensure involvement of the docs core team.
For any work that requires both content and tooling changes, such as addition of the API reference site.
For work that should definitely be discussed at a project teams gathering.
A specification needs two +2 votes from the docs core team. See the current list of docs core team members.
Use bugs against a particular repository with documentation:
For known content issues, even if you have to do multiple patches to close the bug.
To add content that is just missing.
For known errors in a document.
For more information, see Documentation bugs.
