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Author: fmbenhassine

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/miscellaneous.md

@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@ assignees: ''
 For anything other than bug reports and feature requests (performance, refactoring, etc),
 just go ahead and file the issue. Please provide as many details as possible.
 
-If you have a question, please use [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-batch) and tag your question
-with `spring-batch`. We would like to keep the issue tracker exclusively for bug reports and feature requests.
+If you have a question or a support request, please open a new discussion on [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/discussions)
+or ask a question on [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-batch).
+
+Please do **not** create issues on the [Issue Tracker](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/issues) for questions or support requests.
+We would like to keep the issue tracker **exclusively** for bug reports and feature requests.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -17,19 +17,18 @@ Please see our [Security policy](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch
 
 ## Reporting issues
 
-Is there already an issue that addresses your concern? Please do a quick search in [Github issues][] to see if you can find something similar.
+Before opening an issue, please do a quick search in [Github issues][] to see if you can find something similar.
 If not, please read the [Issue Reporting](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/blob/main/ISSUE_REPORTING.md) section for more details
 about how to report issues.
 
 ## Contributing through Pull Requests on GitHub
 
-Not sure what a *pull request* is, or how to submit one?  Take a look at the excellent [GitHub help documentation][] first.
+Not sure what a *pull request* is, or how to submit one? Take a look at the excellent [GitHub help documentation][] first.
 Please create a new issue *before* submitting a pull request unless the change is truly trivial, e.g. typo fixes, removing compiler warnings, etc.
 
 ### Sign the contributor license agreement
 
-If you have not previously done so, please fill out and
-submit the [Contributor License Agreement](https://cla.pivotal.io/sign/spring).
+If you have not previously done so, please fill out and submit the [Contributor License Agreement](https://cla.pivotal.io/sign/spring).
 
 ### Fork the Repository
 

README.md

@@ -6,23 +6,47 @@ Spring Batch is a lightweight, comprehensive batch framework designed to enable
 
 If you are looking for a runtime orchestration tool for your Batch applications, or need a management console to view current and historic executions, take a look at [Spring Cloud Data Flow](https://cloud.spring.io/spring-cloud-dataflow/).  It is an orchestration tool for deploying and executing data integration based microservices including Spring Batch applications.
 
-## Code of Conduct
+# Getting Started
 
-Please see our [code of conduct](https://github.com/spring-projects/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+## Guide
+
+This is the quickest way to get started with a new Spring Batch project based on Spring Boot. You find the Getting Started Guide here: [Creating a Batch Service](https://spring.io/guides/gs/batch-processing/).
+
+## Samples
+
+You can find several samples to try out here: [Spring Batch Samples](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/tree/main/spring-batch-samples).
+
+# Getting Help
+
+If you have a question or a support request, please open a new discussion on [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/discussions)
+or ask a question on [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-batch).
+
+Please do **not** create issues on the [Issue Tracker](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/issues) for questions or support requests.
+We would like to keep the issue tracker **exclusively** for bug reports and feature requests.
+
+# Reporting issues
+
+Spring Batch uses [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/issues) to record bugs and feature requests. If you want to raise an issue, please follow the recommendations below:
+
+* Before you open an issue, please search the issue tracker to see if someone has already reported the problem. If the issue doesn't already exist, create a new issue.
+* Please provide as much information as possible in the issue report by following the [Issue Reporting Template](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/blob/main/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md).
+* If you need to paste code or include a stack trace, please use Markdown escapes (```) before and after your text.
 
-## Reporting Security Vulnerabilities
+For non trivial bugs, please create a test case or a project that replicates the problem and attach it to the issue, as detailed in the [Issue Reporting Guidelines](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/blob/main/ISSUE_REPORTING.md).
+
+# Reporting Security Vulnerabilities
 
 Please see our [Security policy](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/security/policy).
 
 # Building from Source
 
+## Using the Command Line
+
 Clone the git repository using the URL on the Github home page:
 
     $ git clone [email protected]:spring-projects/spring-batch.git
     $ cd spring-batch
 
-## Command Line
-
 Maven is the build tool used for Spring Batch. You can build the project with the following command:
 
     $ ./mvnw package
@@ -43,9 +67,6 @@ $ ../mvnw site
 
 The reference documentation can be found in `spring-batch-docs/target`.
 
-## Spring Tool Suite (STS)
-In STS (or any Eclipse distro or other IDE with Maven support), import the module directories as existing projects.  They should compile and the tests should run with no additional steps.
-
 ## Using Docker
 
 If you want to build the project in a Docker container, you can proceed as follows:
@@ -67,33 +88,22 @@ $> docker run -it maven:3-openjdk-17 bash
 #> ./mvnw package
 ```
 
-# Getting Started Using Spring Boot
-This is the quickest way to get started with a new Spring Batch project.  You find the Getting Started Guide for Spring
-Batch on Spring.io: [Creating a Batch Service](https://spring.io/guides/gs/batch-processing/)
-
-# Getting Started Using Spring Tool Suite (STS)
+# Contributing to Spring Batch
 
-It requires an internet connection for download, and access to a Maven repository (remote or local).
+We welcome contributions in any kind! Here are some ways for you to contribute to the project:
 
-* Download STS version 3.4.* (or better) from the [Spring website](https://spring.io/tools).  STS is a free Eclipse bundle with many features useful for Spring developers.
-* Go to `File->New->Spring Template Project` from the menu bar (in the Spring perspective).
-* The wizard has a drop down with a list of template projects.  One of them is a "Simple Spring Batch Project".  Select it and follow the wizard.
-* A project is created with all dependencies and a simple input/output job configuration.  It can be run using a unit test, or on the command line (see instructions in the pom.xml).
+* Get involved with the Spring Batch community on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/springbatch), [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/discussions) and [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-batch) by responding to questions and joining the debate.
+* Create [issues](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/issues) for bugs and new features or comment and vote on the ones that you are interested in.
+* Help us reproduce issues marked with [status: need-help-to-reproduce](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/labels/status%3A%20need-help-to-reproduce) by following the [Issue Reporting Guidelines](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/blob/main/ISSUE_REPORTING.md).
+* Github is for social coding: if you want to write code, we encourage contributions through pull requests. If you want to contribute code this way, please familiarize yourself with the process outlined here: [Contributor Guidelines](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+* Watch for Spring Batch related articles on [spring.io](https://spring.io).
 
-# Getting Help
+Before we accept pull requests, we will need you to sign the [contributor's agreement](https://support.springsource.com/spring_committer_signup).  Signing the contributor's agreement does not grant anyone commit rights to the main repository, but it does mean that we can accept your contributions, and you will get an author credit if we do.  Active contributors might be asked to join the core team, and given the ability to merge pull requests.
 
-Read the main project [website](https://projects.spring.io/spring-batch/) and the [User Guide](https://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/docs/current/reference/). 
-Look at the source code and the Javadocs.
-For more detailed questions, use [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-batch).
-If you are new to Spring as well as to Spring Batch, look for information about [Spring projects](https://spring.io/projects).
+# Code of Conduct
 
-# Contributing to Spring Batch
-
-Here are some ways for you to get involved in the community:
+Please see our [code of conduct](https://github.com/spring-projects/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
 
-* Get involved with the Spring Batch community on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/springbatch) and [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-batch) by responding to questions and joining the debate.
-* Create [issues](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/issues) for bugs and new features and comment and vote on the ones that you are interested in.
-* Github is for social coding: if you want to write code, we encourage contributions through pull requests from [forks of this repository](https://help.github.com/forking/).  If you want to contribute code this way, please familiarize yourself with the process outlined for contributing to Spring projects here: [Contributor Guidelines](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
-* Watch for upcoming articles on Spring by [subscribing](feed://assets.spring.io/drupal/node/feed.xml) to [spring.io](https://spring.io).
+# License
 
-Before we accept a non-trivial patch or pull request we will need you to sign the [contributor's agreement](https://support.springsource.com/spring_committer_signup).  Signing the contributor's agreement does not grant anyone commit rights to the main repository, but it does mean that we can accept your contributions, and you will get an author credit if we do.  Active contributors might be asked to join the core team, and given the ability to merge pull requests.
+Spring Batch is Open Source software released under the [Apache 2.0 license](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html).

SUPPORT.md

@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-If you have a question, please use [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-batch) and tag your question
-with `spring-batch`. We would like to keep the issue tracker exclusively for bug reports and feature requests.
+If you have a question or a support request, please open a new discussion on [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/discussions)
+or ask a question on [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-batch).
+
+Please do **not** create issues on the [Issue Tracker](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch/issues) for questions or support requests.
+We would like to keep the issue tracker **exclusively** for bug reports and feature requests.