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| author | Ingo Bauersachs <ingo@jitsi.org> | 2015-06-19 17:57:29 +0530 |
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| committer | Ingo Bauersachs <ingo@jitsi.org> | 2015-06-19 17:57:29 +0530 |
| commit | 8b53970fd480b85dfe9afb39422719e1740d9665 (patch) | |
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Merge pull request #130 from marclaporte/patch-1
Improve clarity of instructions for new contributors
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index c58ee47..a17a407 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -4,31 +4,36 @@ and follow this short guide. # Reporting Issues Before you open an issue on GitHub, please discuss it on one of our -[mailing lists](https://jitsi.org/Development/MailingLists) and wait for a confirmation -from one of the comitters. If you have that permission, please be as precise as possible. -Mention the version of Jitsi you are using, your operating system and explain how the -problem can be reproduced. - -Please note that issues that are reported against a version older than the current stable -release will be closed without further investigation. +[mailing lists](https://jitsi.org/Development/MailingLists) and wait for a +confirmation from one of the committers. Once you have that confirmation, +please proceed to reporting the issue on Github, while providing as much +information as possible. Mention the version of Jitsi you are using, your +operating system and explain how the problem can be reproduced. + +Please note that issues that are reported against a version older than the +current stable release will be closed without further investigation. If you +discover however that the issue also exists in an older version, this is +useful information. Even more useful is to know if it worked in a specific +version and stopped working in a subsequent version. This will help +developers pinpoint the issue. Also useful is to test the nightly build. # Translation Please go to our [translation website](http://translate.jitsi.org), which is a [Pootle](http://pootle.translatehouse.org/) instance that allows for easy -online translation. Many languages are already there and wait for completion. +online translation. Many languages are already there and waiting for completion. If your preferred language is not yet created, please drop us an [e-mail](mailto:dev@jitsi.org). Be aware though that completing a new language -will be quite some effort, so be sure you actually want to take up on that +will be quite some effort, so be sure you actually want to take on that work and translate more than a few words. Please do not create any pull requests for the resources_XX.properties files, -they will be overwritten with what comes from +as they will be overwritten with what comes from [Pootle](http://translate.jitsi.org). The only exception is if you find mistakes in the language file for [English](https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi/blob/master/resources/languages/resources.properties). -For some more information, e.g. how to translate offline visit the +For more information, e.g. how to translate offline visit the [How To Translate Jitsi](https://jitsi.org/Documentation/HowToTranslateSIPCommunicator) on our website. |