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Signed-off-by: Tom Carrio <[email protected]>

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing
+
+## Development
+
+### System Requirements
+
+Python 3.8 and above are required.
+
+### Target version(s)
+
+Python 3.8 and above are supported by the SDK.
+
+### Installation and Dependencies
+
+A [`Makefile`](./Makefile) has been included in the project which should make it straightforward to start the project locally. We utilize virtual environments (see [`virtualenv`](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html)) in order to provide isolated development environments for the project. This reduces the risk of invalid or corrupt global packages. It also integrates nicely with Make, which will detect changes in the `requirements-dev.txt` file and update the virtual environment if any occur.
+
+Run `make init` to initialize the project's virtual environment and install all dev dependencies.
+
+### Testing
+
+Run tests with `make test`.
+
+We use `pytest` for our unit testing, making use of `parametrized` to inject cases at scale. 
+
+### Integration tests
+
+These are planned once the SDK has been stabilized and a Flagd provider implemented. At that point, we will utilize the [gherkin integration tests](https://github.com/open-feature/test-harness/blob/main/features/evaluation.feature) to validate against a live, seeded Flagd instance.
+
+### Packaging
+
+We publish to the PyPI repository, where you can find this package at [openfeature-sdk](https://pypi.org/project/openfeature-sdk/).
+
+## Pull Request
+
+All contributions to the OpenFeature project are welcome via GitHub pull requests.
+
+To create a new PR, you will need to first fork the GitHub repository and clone upstream.
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/open-feature/python-sdk.git openfeature-python-sdk
+```
+
+Navigate to the repository folder
+
+```bash
+cd openfeature-python-sdk
+```
+
+Add your fork as an origin
+
+```bash
+git remote add fork https://github.com/YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/python-sdk.git
+```
+
+Makes sure your development environment is all setup by building and testing
+
+```bash
+make
+```
+
+To start working on a new feature or bugfix, create a new branch and start working on it.
+
+```bash
+git checkout -b feat/NAME_OF_FEATURE
+# Make your changes
+git commit
+git push fork feat/NAME_OF_FEATURE
+```
+
+Open a pull request against the main js-sdk repository.
+
+### How to Receive Comments
+
+- If the PR is not ready for review, please mark it as
+  [`draft`](https://github.blog/2019-02-14-introducing-draft-pull-requests/).
+- Make sure all required CI checks are clear.
+- Submit small, focused PRs addressing a single concern/issue.
+- Make sure the PR title reflects the contribution.
+- Write a summary that helps understand the change.
+- Include usage examples in the summary, where applicable.
+
+### How to Get PRs Merged
+
+A PR is considered to be **ready to merge** when:
+
+- Major feedback is resolved.
+- Urgent fix can take exception as long as it has been actively communicated.
+
+Any Maintainer can merge the PR once it is **ready to merge**. Note, that some
+PRs may not be merged immediately if the repo is in the process of a release and
+the maintainers decided to defer the PR to the next release train.
+
+If a PR has been stuck (e.g. there are lots of debates and people couldn't agree
+on each other), the owner should try to get people aligned by:
+
+- Consolidating the perspectives and putting a summary in the PR. It is
+  recommended to add a link into the PR description, which points to a comment
+  with a summary in the PR conversation.
+- Tagging domain experts (by looking at the change history) in the PR asking
+  for suggestion.
+- Reaching out to more people on the [CNCF OpenFeature Slack channel](https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C0344AANLA1).
+- Stepping back to see if it makes sense to narrow down the scope of the PR or
+  split it up.
+- If none of the above worked and the PR has been stuck for more than 2 weeks,
+  the owner should bring it to the OpenFeatures [meeting](README.md#contributing).
+
+## Design Choices
+
+As with other OpenFeature SDKs, python-sdk follows the
+[openfeature-specification](https://github.com/open-feature/spec).

Makefile

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 VENV = . .venv/bin/activate
 
+.PHONY: all
+all: lint test
+
+.PHONY: init
+init: .venv
+
 .venv: requirements-dev.txt
 	test -d .venv || python -m virtualenv .venv
 	$(VENV); pip install -Ur requirements-dev.txt
@@ -18,6 +24,3 @@ lint: .venv
 clean:
 	@rm -rf .venv
 	@find -iname "*.pyc" -delete
-
-.PHONY: all
-all: lint test

readme.md

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 </a>
 
 Made with [contrib.rocks](https://contrib.rocks).
+
+### Development
+
+If you would like to contribute to the project, please see our [contributing](./CONTRIBUTING.md) documentation!