Rustc Notification Groups: An Easy Way to Contribute

# Notification groups The **notification groups** are an easy way to help out with rustc in a "piece-meal" fashion, without committing to a larger project. Notification groups are **[easy to join](#join)** (just submit a PR!) and joining does not entail any particular commitment. Once you [join a notification group](#join), you will be added to a list that receives pings on github whenever a new issue is found that fits the notification group's criteria. If you are interested, you can then [claim the issue] and start working on it. Of course, you don't have to wait for new issues to be tagged! If you prefer, you can use the Github label for a notification group to search for existing issues that haven't been claimed yet. ## List of notification groups Here's the list of the notification groups: - [Apple](./apple.md) - [ARM](./arm.md) - [Cleanup Crew](./cleanup-crew.md) - [Emscripten](./emscripten.md) - [LLVM Icebreakers](./llvm.md) - [RISC-V](./risc-v.md) - [WASI](./wasi.md) - [WebAssembly](./wasm.md) - [Windows](./windows.md) - [Rust for Linux](./rust-for-linux.md) ## What issues are a good fit for notification groups? Notification groups tend to get pinged on **isolated** bugs, particularly those of **middle priority**: - By **isolated**, we mean that we do not expect large-scale refactoring to be required to fix the bug. - By **middle priority**, we mean that we'd like to see the bug fixed, but it's not such a burning problem that we are dropping everything else to fix it. The danger with such bugs, of course, is that they can accumulate over time, and the role of the notification group is to try and stop that from happening! <a id="join"></a> ## Joining a notification group To join a notification group, you just have to open a PR adding your Github username to the appropriate file in the Rust team repository. See the "example PRs" below to get a precise idea and to identify the file to edit. Also, if you are not already a member of a Rust team then -- in addition to adding your name to the file -- you have to checkout the repository and

Rustc notification groups offer a low-commitment way to contribute to the Rust project. By joining a group, you'll receive notifications for relevant new issues and can claim them. The document lists existing groups, the type of issues they handle (isolated, medium priority), and how to join by submitting a PR to add your GitHub username to the appropriate file in the Rust team repository.