-Bitcoin integration/staging tree
+NovaCoin official development tree
-Development process
-===================
+Bitcoin development process
+===========================
Developers work in their own trees, then submit pull requests when
they think their feature or bug fix is ready.
Feature branches are created when there are major new features being
worked on by several people.
+
+From time to time a pull request will become outdated. If this occurs, and
+the pull is no longer automatically mergeable; a comment on the pull will
+be used to issue a warning of closure. The pull will be closed 15 days
+after the warning if action is not taken by the author. Pull requests closed
+in this manner will have their corresponding issue labeled 'stagnant'.
+
+Issues with no commits will be given a similar warning, and closed after
+15 days from their last activity. Issues closed in this manner will be
+labeled 'stale'.
+
+Requests to reopen closed pull requests and/or issues can be submitted to
+QA@BitcoinTesting.org.