Document issue tracker triage as a contribution area
@@ -226,8 +226,13 @@ Becoming a maintainer
If you want to become an official maintainer, start by helping out.
+As a first step, we welcome you to triage issues on pip's issue tracker. pip
+maintainers provide triage abilities to contributors once they have been around
+for some time and contributed positively to the project. This is optional and highly
+recommended for becoming a pip maintainer.
+
Later, when you think you're ready, get in touch with one of the maintainers
-and they will initiate a vote.
+and they will initiate a vote among the existing maintainers.
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