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Update label explanations #44476

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Expand Up @@ -400,30 +400,53 @@ labels to triage issues:

* Magenta, **B**-prefixed labels identify bugs which are **blockers**.

* Dark blue, **beta-** labels track changes which need to be backported into
the beta branches.

* Light purple, **C**-prefixed labels represent the **category** of an issue.

* Green, **E**-prefixed labels explain the level of **experience** necessary
to fix the issue.

* The dark blue **final-comment-period** label marks bugs that are using the
RFC signoff functionality of [rfcbot][rfcbot] and are currenty in the final
comment period.

* Red, **I**-prefixed labels indicate the **importance** of the issue. The
[I-nominated][inom] label indicates that an issue has been nominated for
prioritizing at the next triage meeting.

* The purple **metabug** label marks lists of bugs collected by other
categories.

* Purple gray, **O**-prefixed labels are the **operating system** or platform
that this issue is specific to.

* Orange, **P**-prefixed labels indicate a bug's **priority**. These labels
are only assigned during triage meetings, and replace the [I-nominated][inom]
label.

* Blue, **T**-prefixed bugs denote which **team** the issue belongs to.
* The gray **proposed-final-comment-period** label marks bugs that are using
the RFC signoff functionality of [rfcbot][rfcbot] and are currently awaiting
signoff of all team members in order to enter the final comment period.

* Dark blue, **beta-** labels track changes which need to be backported into
the beta branches.
* Pink, **regression**-prefixed labels track regressions from stable to the
release channels.

* The purple **metabug** label marks lists of bugs collected by other
categories.
* The light orange **relnotes** label marks issues that should be documented in
the release notes of the next release.

* Gray, **S**-prefixed labels are used for tracking the **status** of pull
requests.

* Blue, **T**-prefixed bugs denote which **team** the issue belongs to.

If you're looking for somewhere to start, check out the [E-easy][eeasy] tag.

[inom]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3AI-nominated
[eeasy]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3AE-easy
[lru]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-asc
[rfcbot]: https://github.com/dikaiosune/rust-dashboard/blob/master/RFCBOT.md

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