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| 456d0f | 1 | # Contributing |
| 3a8c85 | 2 | |
| 456d0f | 3 | All projects under the Pylons Projects, including this one, follow the guidelines established at [How to Contribute](https://pylonsproject.org/community-how-to-contribute.html), [Coding Style and Standards](https://pylonsproject.org/community-coding-style-standards.html), and [Pylons Project Documentation Style Guide](https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/docs-style-guide/). |
| 3a8c85 | 4 | |
| SP | 5 | You can contribute to this project in several ways. |
| 6 | ||
| 7 | * [File an Issue on GitHub](https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/issues) | |
| 456d0f | 8 | * Fork this project and create a branch with your suggested change. When ready, submit a pull request for consideration. [GitHub Flow](https://guides.github.com/introduction/flow/index.html) describes the workflow process and why it's a good practice. When submitting a pull request, sign [CONTRIBUTORS.txt](https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/blob/master/CONTRIBUTORS.txt) if you have not yet done so. |
| SP | 9 | * Join the [IRC channel #pyramid on irc.freenode.net](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=pyramid). |
| 44d930 | 10 | |
| 456d0f | 11 | ## Git Branches |
| SP | 12 | |
| 13 | Git branches and their purpose and status at the time of this writing are listed below. | |
| 44d930 | 14 | |
| SP | 15 | * [master](https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/) - The branch on which further |
| 6d42e2 | 16 | development takes place. The default branch on GitHub. |
| 156c7f | 17 | * [1.9-branch](https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/tree/1.9-branch) - The branch |
| 6d42e2 | 18 | classified as "stable" or "latest". |
| 884eb5 | 19 | * [1.8-branch](https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/tree/1.8-branch) - The oldest |
| 6d42e2 | 20 | actively maintained and stable branch. |
| 44d930 | 21 | |
| SP | 22 | Older branches are not actively maintained. In general, two stable branches and |
| 23 | one or two development branches are actively maintained. | |
| 3a8c85 | 24 | |
| 125f0b | 25 | ## Developing |
| 3a8c85 | 26 | |
| cf359d | 27 | Follow the instructions in [HACKING.txt](https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/blob/master/HACKING.txt) to install Pyramid and the tools needed to run its tests and build its documentation. |
