From c764c2f6c2ba52552444093859a0120ac3cc3d02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stropho <3704482+stropho@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2022 11:09:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore(docs): word about inactive PRs

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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c992d67f0f..5a37e3238c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ You can learn how from this _free_ series [How to Contribute to an Open Source P
 
 Here are some things to keep in mind when working on a PR:
 
+**Trying to update an inactive Pull Request?**
+Sometimes, it happens that a PR is opened and unfortunately the author is, for any reason, 
+not available to apply code review fixes or rebase the source branch.
+In that case, **do not open a new PR**. Instead, paste a link to your own branch in the PR.
+The maintainers can make changes, e.g. change the source branch, in the existing PR.
+
 #### Tests
 
 A PR that is just failing test cases for an existing issue is very helpful, as this