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3 title: Contribute 3 title: Contribute
4 permalink: /contribute/ 4 permalink: /contribute/
5 menu: true 5 menu: true
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8 We always need more help improving Octave 8 We always need more help improving Octave and there are many ways you can contribute. You can help by fixing bugs, developing new features, answering questions on the mailing list or IRC channel, helping to improve the web pages.
9 and there are many ways you can contribute.
10 You can help by fixing bugs, developing new features,
11 answering questions on the mailing list or IRC channel,
12 helping to improve the web pages.
13 9
14 If you are wondering what to work on, we have a standard answer: 10 If you are wondering what to work on, we have a standard answer: what would you like to work on? We try not to tell contributors what to work on as most people do their best work when they are within their own field of interest. So, we would love your help, but would also love for you to work on what you love.
15 what would you like to work on?
16 We try not to tell contributors what to work on
17 as most people do their best work
18 when they are within their own field of interest.
19 So, we would love your help,
20 but would also love for you to work on what you love.
21 11
22 If you need some inspiration, 12 If you need some inspiration, we do maintain a list of possible projects on the [Wiki](http://www.octave.org/wiki/Projects).
23 we do maintain a list of possible projects on the
24 [Wiki](http://www.octave.org/wiki/Projects).
25 13
26 If you have an idea on what to contribute, 14 If you have an idea on what to contribute, then join the maintainers mailing list and discuss your ideas there. That way others can provide input early on, which makes your contribution more likely to get accepted.
27 then join the maintainers mailing list and discuss your ideas there.
28 That way others can provide input early on,
29 which makes your contribution more likely to get accepted.
30 15
31 ### Contacting developers 16 ### Contacting developers
32 17
33 If you want to participate in Octave development, you should join the 18 If you want to participate in Octave development, you should join the [maintainers@octave.org](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/octave-maintainers) mailing list. Please use this list only if you are participating in Octave's development. If you are looking for help in using Octave, please use the [help@octave.org](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-octave) list instead, or check out other [support options]({{"/support-options/" | prepend: site.baseurl}}).
34 [maintainers@octave.org](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/octave-maintainers)
35 mailing list.
36 Please use this list only if you are participating in Octave's development.
37 If you are looking for help in using Octave, please use the
38 [help@octave.org](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-octave)
39 list instead, or check out other
40 [support options]({{"/support-options/" | prepend: site.baseurl}}).
41 19
42 For sometimes faster communication, 20 For sometimes faster communication, you can also chat in IRC in #octave in Freenode. Note, however, that the primary medium for development talk is the mailing list.
43 you can also chat in IRC in #octave in Freenode.
44 Note, however, that the primary medium for development talk is the mailing list.
45 21
46 ### Using the Development Sources 22 ### Using the Development Sources
47 23
48 The latest development sources of Octave are also available via Mercurial (hg) archive. 24 The latest development sources of Octave are also available via Mercurial (hg) archive.
49 25
50 The primary archive address is 26 The primary archive address is [http://www.octave.org/hg/octave](http://www.octave.org/hg/octave), which currently redirects to [http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave](http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave).
51 [http://www.octave.org/hg/octave](http://www.octave.org/hg/octave),
52 which currently redirects to
53 [http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave](http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave).
54 27
55 If you decide to use the development sources from the Mercurial archive, 28 If you decide to use the development sources from the Mercurial archive, please read the file [etc/HACKING](http://www.octave.org/hg/octave/file/tip/etc/HACKING) that is available with the source files.
56 please read the file
57 [etc/HACKING](http://www.octave.org/hg/octave/file/tip/etc/HACKING)
58 that is available with the source files.
59 29
60 Assuming you have Mercurial and git installed on your machine you may obtain 30 Assuming you have Mercurial and git installed on your machine you may obtain the latest development version of Octave sources with the following command:
61 the latest development version of Octave sources with the following command:
62 31
63 {% highlight text %} 32 hg clone http://www.octave.org/hg/octave
64 hg clone http://www.octave.org/hg/octave 33
65 {% endhighlight %} 34 This will clone two repositories, one of which is subrepository of the main Octave repository. Once you have these, you can resync with the archive by doing
66 35
67 This will clone two repositories, 36 hg -v pull
68 one of which is subrepository of the main Octave repository. 37 hg -v update
69 Once you have these, you can resync with the archive by doing 38
70 39 The `-v` (verbose) option is not required but provides extra information about what was pulled and updated. The Octave manual has more information about contributing to Octave's development.
71 {% highlight text %}
72 hg -v pull
73 hg -v update
74 {% endhighlight %}
75
76 The `-v` (verbose) option is not required but provides extra information
77 about what was pulled and updated.
78 The Octave manual has more information about contributing to Octave's development.
79 40
80 ### Octave Forge 41 ### Octave Forge
81 42
82 The community-developed [Octave-Forge][forge] packages expand Octave's core 43 The community-developed [Octave-Forge][forge] packages expand Octave's core functionality by providing field specific features via Octave's package system. For example, image and signal processing, fuzzy logic, instrument control, and statistics packages are examples of individual Octave-Forge packages.
83 functionality by providing field specific features via Octave's package system.
84 For example, image and signal processing, fuzzy logic, instrument control,
85 and statistics packages are examples of individual Octave-Forge packages.
86 44
87 [forge]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/ 45 [forge]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/
88 [forge-packages]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php 46 [forge-packages]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php