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+layout: page
+title: Contribute
+menu: true
+---
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
+For some inspiration, we do maintain a [list of possible projects][1]
+on the Wiki.
+
+If you have an idea on what to contribute, then join the
+[`{{ site.maintainers_email }}`][2] mailing list or the IRC
+[`{{ site.irc_channel }}` channel][3] in Freenode and discuss your ideas there.
+That way others can provide input early on, which makes your contribution more
+likely to get accepted.
+
+<p>
+<div class="alert">
+{% octicon stop class:"octicon-stop-octave" %}
+Please do <strong>not</strong> send help requests or bug reports to the
+<samp>{{ site.maintainers_email }}</samp> mailing list.  Refer to the
+<a href="{{ "bugs.html" | relative_url }}">bug tracker</a> or other
+<a href="{{ "support.html" | relative_url }}">support options</a> instead.
+</div>
+</p>
+
+[1]: http://www.octave.org/wiki/Projects
+[2]: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/octave-maintainers
+[3]: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=octave&amp;uio=MT1mYWxzZSYyPXRydWUmMTI9dHJ1ZQda
+
+
+# Using the Development Sources
+
+The latest development sources of Octave are also available via
+[Mercurial][4] (hg) archive.
+
+The primary archive address is [http://www.octave.org/hg/octave][5],
+which currently redirects to [http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave][6].
+
+If you decide to use the development sources from the Mercurial archive,
+please read the file [`etc/HACKING`][7] that is available with the source
+files.
+
+Assuming you have Mercurial and git installed on your machine you may obtain
+the latest development version of Octave sources with the following command:
+
+{% highlight text %}
+hg clone http://www.octave.org/hg/octave
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+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
+
+{% highlight text %}
+hg -v pull
+hg -v update
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+The `-v` 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][8].
+
+[4]: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki
+[5]: http://www.octave.org/hg/octave
+[6]: http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave
+[7]: http://www.octave.org/hg/octave/file/tip/etc/HACKING
+[8]: {{ site.docs_url }}/Contributing-Guidelines.html#Contributing-Guidelines
+
+
+# Octave Forge
+
+The community-developed [Octave-Forge][9] 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][10].
+
+[9]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/
+[10]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php