bitflicker64 opened a new pull request, #3198:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hugegraph/pull/3198

   ## Purpose of the PR
   
   Draft for discussion, companion to 
https://github.com/apache/hugegraph/pull/3197.
   
   The PR template already has a `Documentation Status` section, so the intent 
is there. The
   problem is the first option:
   
   ```
   - [ ] `Doc - TODO`  <!-- Your PR changes impact docs and you will update 
later -->
   ```
   
   "You will update later" is a promise with nothing attached to it. No link, 
no issue, no
   follow-up, so once the code PR merges the box is the only record that 
documentation was
   owed, and it stops being visible to anyone. The result is documentation that 
describes an
   older version of the code, which readers and search tools then pick up as 
current.
   
   `CONTRIBUTING.md` does not mention documentation at all in the section on 
opening a PR,
   which is the point where a contributor decides whether to write any.
   
   ## Main Changes
   
   - `.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md`: `Doc - TODO` now asks for a link, 
either the
     hugegraph-doc PR or a tracking issue. Same three options, same structure, 
one comment
     reworded.
   - `docs/CONTRIBUTING.md`: one paragraph in section 4, saying that a change 
to a feature, a
     configuration item or a `Dockerfile` opens the matching hugegraph-doc PR 
at the same
     time, and that the two merge together.
   
   7 lines added, 1 reworded.
   
   Two open points for review:
   
   1. Should `Doc - TODO` require a link, or be removed entirely so the choice 
is `Done` or
      `No Need`? Requiring a link is the softer option and is what this PR does.
   2. `CONTRIBUTING.md` says the website copy at
      https://hugegraph.apache.org/docs/contribution-guidelines/ is 
authoritative. If this
      lands, the same paragraph needs a matching hugegraph-doc PR, which is the 
rule applying
      to itself.
   
   ## Verifying these changes
   
   - [x] Trivial rework / code cleanup without any test coverage. (No Need)
   - [ ] Already covered by existing tests, such as *(please modify tests 
here)*.
   - [ ] Need tests and can be verified as follows:
       - xxx
   
   ## Does this PR potentially affect the following parts?
   
   - [ ]  Dependencies ([add/update 
license](https://hugegraph.apache.org/docs/contribution-guidelines/contribute/#321-check-licenses)
 info & 
[regenerate_known_dependencies.sh](../install-dist/scripts/dependency/regenerate_known_dependencies.sh))
   - [ ]  Modify configurations
   - [ ]  The public API
   - [x]  Other affects (typed here)
       - Changes the PR template every contributor sees, and the contribution 
guide.
   - [ ]  Nope
   
   ## Documentation Status
   
   <!-- DO NOT REMOVE THIS SECTION. CHECK THE PROPER BOX ONLY. -->
   
   - [x]  `Doc - TODO` <!-- website contribution-guidelines page needs the same 
paragraph, see point 2 above -->
   - [ ]  `Doc - Done`
   - [ ]  `Doc - No Need`
   


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