Adds label prompt and explanation to pull request template

As the release process no longer requires an issue to be filed with each pull request, we should be treating pull requests as issues for the purposes of triage. This means it is helpful if PR authors add labels right as they open a PR.

Adds label prompt and explanation to pull request template
2baf575f · guineveresaenger · f6b54f79 · 2baf575f
Commit 2baf575f authored Oct 15, 2018 by guineveresaenger
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+**What type of PR is this?**
+> Uncomment only one, leave it on its own line:
+>
+> /kind bug
+> /kind feature
 **What this PR does / why we need it**:
 **Which issue(s) this PR fixes** *(optional, in `fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...)` format, will close the issue(s) when PR gets merged)*: