Remove checkboxes from issue/pr templates. (#783)

* Remove checkboxes from issue/pr templates.

* Compact template text and try to make meta information comments.

* Respond to comments - remove bullet point usage.

2 files changed, 35 insertions, 37 deletions

diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index dbc5f2bd..5d7e8ffd 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
-**Note: for support questions, you are strongly advised to use [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/chisel)**.
-
+<!-- Note: for support questions, you are strongly advised to use [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/chisel). -->
+<!--
 This repository's issues are reserved for feature requests and bug reports.
+Please select the item best describing the issue in each category and delete the other items.
+-->
+<!-- choose all that apply -->
+**Type of issue**: bug report | feature request | other enhancement
 
-* **Type of issue**
-  - [ ] Bug report
-  - [ ] Feature request
-  - [ ] Other enhancement
+<!-- choose one -->
+**Impact**: no functional change | API addition (no impact on existing code) | API modification | unknown
 
-* **If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce the problem:**
-  * **What is the current behavior?**
-  * **What is the expected behavior?**
-  * **Please tell us about your environment:**
-    (examples)
-    - version: `3.0-SNAPSHOT`
-    - OS: `Linux knight 4.4.0-92-generic #115-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 10 09:04:33 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux`
+<!-- choose one -->
+**Development Phase**: request | proposal
 
-* **What is the use case for changing the behavior?**
+**Other information**
+ <!-- include detailed explanation, stacktraces, related issues, suggestions how to fix, links for us to have context, eg. Stack Overflow, gitter, etc -->
 
-* **Impact**
-  - [ ] no functional change
-  - [ ] API addition (no impact on existing code)
-  - [ ] API modification
-  - [ ] unknown
+**If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce the problem:**
 
-* **Development Phase**
-  - [ ] request
-  - [ ] proposal
+**What is the current behavior?**
 
-* **Other information** (e.g. detailed explanation, stacktraces, related issues, suggestions how to fix, links for us to have context, eg. Stack Overflow, gitter, etc)
+**What is the expected behavior?**
+
+**Please tell us about your environment:**
+<!--    (examples)
+    - version: `3.0-SNAPSHOT`
+    - OS: `Linux knight 4.4.0-92-generic #115-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 10 09:04:33 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux`
+-->
+**What is the use case for changing the behavior?**
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index eb460342..d018e685 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
-* **Related issue** (if applicable)
+<!--
+Please select the item best describing the pull request in each category and delete the other items.
+-->
+**Related issue**: <!-- if applicable -->
 
-* **Type of change**
-  - [ ] Bug report
-  - [ ] Feature request
-  - [ ] Other enhancement
+<!-- choose one -->
+**Type of change**: bug report | feature request | other enhancement
 
-* **Impact**
-  - [ ] no functional change
-  - [ ] API addition (no impact on existing code)
-  - [ ] API modification
+<!-- choose one -->
+**Impact**: no functional change | API addition (no impact on existing code) | API modification
 
-* **Development Phase**
-  - [ ] proposal
-  - [ ] implementation
-
-* **Release Notes**
+<!-- choose one -->
+**Development Phase**: proposal |  implementation
 
+**Release Notes**
+<!--
 Text from here to the end of the body will be considered for inclusion in the release notes for the version containing this pull request.
+-->