etr2460 commented on a change in pull request #9018: Add revert guidelines to 
CONTRIBUTING.md
URL: 
https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset/pull/9018#discussion_r370858511
 
 

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 @@ -226,6 +227,21 @@ If the PR passes CI tests and does not have any `need:` 
labels, it is ready for
 
 If an issue/PR has been inactive for >=30 days, it will be closed. If it does 
not have any status label, add `inactive`.
 
+## Revert Guidelines
+
+Reverting changes that are causing issues in the master branch is a normal and 
expected part of the development process. In an open source community, the 
ramifications of a change cannot always be fully understood. With that in mind, 
here are some considerations to keep in mind when considering a revert:
 
 Review comment:
   Do you feel like age of the PR is something to consider? I'd say recent PRs 
are more acceptable to revert than very old ones for a couple reasons: it means 
the regression was discovered quickly so it likely affecting multiple users and 
it's unlikely the revert will cause issues due to other logic committed after 
the bad PR.

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