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Bazaar Contribution in Five Minutes
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Contributing to Bazaar requires attention to quality. To ensure
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high-quality commits, the "Bazaar process" involves you in our
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code review and improvement activities.
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In brief, a contribution should include:
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1. A brief rationale, including expected audience and use cases,
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for inclusion in Bazaar.
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2. A branch registered as a branch on Launchpad, and submitted as
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3. The branch should include:
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a. implementation of the feature,
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b. user documentation (if the feature is visible in the user
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interface) and/or developer documentation (if new or
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changed APIs are provided), and
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c. tests to ensure the specification is correctly
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For more information, see the `Bazaar Developer Guide <HACKING.html>`_.
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If you are not an experienced Bazaar contributor, why not ask for
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mentoring? When you submit your merge proposal on Launchpad, simply say
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"I'd like to be mentored, please" in your submission. Or ask for help
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with your contribution on the IRC channel, mailing list, or on Launchpad
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(https://answers.launchpad.net/bzr).
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Current Bazaar Mentors
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See the roster at http://bazaar-vcs.org/PatchPilot, although other
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developers may help too!
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1. Why is this "Bazaar process" in HACKING.txt so complicated?
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Answer: If we knew *that*, we'd simplify it! We are working
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on streamlining many aspects, but quality comes first.
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1. What sort of things can a mentor help with?
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Anything that's getting in your way, time permitting. This includes
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guiding you through the ``bzrlib`` API, explaining how to use our test
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infrastructure, discussing possible designs for your bug fix or
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