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* get-involved.md: Overhaul page, avoid redundancy with the wiki.
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2 layout: page
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3 title: Get Involved
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7 We always need more help improving Octave
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8 and there are many ways you can contribute.
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9 You can help by fixing bugs,
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10 developing new features,
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11 writing [Octave Forge packages]({{ site.sourceforge_url }}),
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12 answering questions in Discourse,
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13 helping to improve the web pages.
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14 If you are wondering what to work on,
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15 we have a standard answer:
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16 **What would you like to work on?**
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18 For some inspiration,
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19 we do maintain a [list of possible projects]({{ site.wiki_url }}/Projects)
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20 and a [Developer FAQ]({{ site.wiki_url }}/Developer_FAQ) on the Octave Wiki.
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22 If know what to contribute,
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23 discuss your ideas with us on [Discourse]({{ site.discourse_url }})
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24 ("maintainers" category) or on our IRC
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25 [Freenode `{{ site.irc_channel }}` channel](https://webchat.freenode.net/#octave).
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28 ### Using the Development Sources
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30 The latest development sources of GNU Octave are available via
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31 [Mercurial](https://www.mercurial-scm.org/) (hg).
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32 The primary repository address is
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33 [https://www.octave.org/hg/octave](https://www.octave.org/hg/octave),
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34 which currently redirects to
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35 [https://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave](https://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave).
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36 You obtain the latest development version of Octave sources with the following
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39 {% highlight text %}
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40 hg clone https://www.octave.org/hg/octave
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41 {% endhighlight %}
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43 The [Developer FAQ]({{ site.wiki_url }}/Developer_FAQ) on the Octave Wiki
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44 contains more detailed and recent information about Octave development.