[ARROW-1498] [GitHub] Add CONTRIBUTING.md and ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.0
• Component/s: Documentation
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/15470
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 08/Sep/17 20:53
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:15
• Resolved: 05/Oct/17 19:15

Description

We have enabled Issues on GitHub as a lighter weight way for users to engage with the Arrow developers. We should add the appropriate GitHub markdown documents so that users are directed to take the appropriate actions should they wish to contribute a patch or file a feature request in JIRA

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1176