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-# Contribution guidelines
-
-Thanks for taking the time to contribute to the [collectd
-project](https://collectd.org/)! This document tries to give some guidance to
-make the process of contributing to *collectd* as pleasant as possible.
-
-## Bug reports
-
-Please report bugs as [GitHub
-Issues](https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues). Try to answer the
-following questions:
-
-* Which version of *collectd* are you using?
-* Which operating system (distribution) are you using at which version?
-* What is the expected behavior / output?
-* What is the actual (observed) behavior / output?
-* How can we reproduce the problem you're having?
-* If *collectd* crashes, try to get a
- [stack trace](https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Core_file).
-
-Please monitor your issue for a couple of days and reply to questions. To keep
-the project manageable, we have to do some housekeeping; meaning we will close
-issues that have become stale.
-
-## Code contributions
-
-Please open a [GitHub Pull Request](https://github.com/collectd/collectd/pulls)
-(PR) to contribute bug fixes, features, cleanups, new plugins, … Patches sent to
-the mailing list have a tendency to fall through the cracks.
-
-* *Focus:* Fix *one thing* in your PR. The smaller your change, the faster it
- will be reviewed and merged.
-* *Coding style:* Please run `clang-format -style=file -i $FILE` after editing
- `.c`, `.h` and `.proto` files. If you don't want to install *clang-format*
- locally or your version produces a different result than the formatting
- check on Github, use `contrib/format.sh` to format files using the same web
- service used by our check.
-* *Documentation:* New config options need to be documented in two places: the
- manpage (`src/collectd.conf.pod`) and the example config
- (`src/collectd.conf.in`). New plugins need to be added to the `README` file.
-* *Continuous integration:* Once your PR is created, our continuous
- integration environment will try to build it on a number of platforms. If
- this reports a failure, please investigate and fix the problem. We will at
- best do a very casual review for failing PRs.
-* *Don't rebase:* Rebasing your branch destroys the review history. If a
- review takes a long time, we may ask you to rebase on a more recent
- *master*, but please don't do that without being asked.
-* *types.db:* One of the most common mistakes made by new contributors is the
- addition of (many) new *types* in the file `src/types.db`. The majority of
- usecases can be met with one of the existing entries. If you plan to add new
- entries to `src/types.db`, you should talk to us early in the design
- process.
-
-### ChangeLog
-
-PRs need to have a one-line summary in the *PR description*. This information
-is used to automatically generate release notes. If you got here after creating
-the PR, you need to go to the *PR description* (shown as the first "comment" on
-the PR, made by yourself) and *edit* that description. Editing a PR will
-trigger the "ChangeLog" status to be updated.
-
-For the summary itself, follow this style:
-
-```
-ChangeLog: Foo plugin: A specific issue people had has been fixed.
-```
-
-The summary must be on a line of its own, with a "ChangeLog:" prefix at the
-beginning of the line. The test should start with "Foo plugin" to give the
-reader context for the information. Other common contexts are "collectd" for
-the core daemon, "Build system", and "Documentation". Use past tense and
-passive voice the for remainder, e.g. "a bug has been fixed", "a feature has
-been added".
-
-Some PRs should be excluded from the release notes, e.g. changes to project
-internal documentation (such as this file). Those changes are not interesting
-for external users of the project and would reduce the value of the release
-notes. Maintainers may use the `Unlisted Change` label to mark those PRs.
-
-## Other resources
-
-* [Mailing list](http://mailman.verplant.org/listinfo/collectd)
-* [#collectd IRC channel](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#collectd)
- on *freenode*.
-* [Old patch submission guideline](https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Submitting_patches)
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