updated /doc/news/_preparation_next_release.md
updated contributing-windows.md with hints regarding source code location
@@ -77,3 +77,16 @@ Commands to change your WSL version can be found, for example, in the blog post
For further information, consider the official
[Linux with Visual Studio C++ documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/linux/?view=msvc-160).
+
+If you choose to work with source code residing on a Windows filesystem mounted in WSL (e.g.`/mnt/c/...`), please enable the `metadata` option to prevent problems due to permissions not being persisted:
+
+- Create or modify `/etc/wsl.conf` to contain the following section and setting:
+
+```conf
+[automount]
+options = "metadata"
+```
+
+- Restart the WSL VM by issuing `wsl --shutdown` in your window console.
+
+Building from sources residing on a mounted windows file system may incur a signifcant performance penalty. Consider using your WSL home directory (e.g. `~/`) as your location for the Elektra sources.
