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Thank you for your willingness to help make NumPy the best array system
available.
-The only rules we like to follow are to try hard to keep the SVN
-repository in a buildable state and to not indiscriminately muck with
-what others have contributed.
+We have a few simple rules:
-Simple changes and obvious improvements are always welcome. Changes
-that fundamentally change behavior need discussion on
-numpy-discussions@scipy.org before anything is done.
+ * try hard to keep the SVN repository in a buildable state and to not
+ indiscriminately muck with what others have contributed.
+ * Simple changes (including bug fixes) and obvious improvements are
+ always welcome. Changes that fundamentally change behavior need
+ discussion on numpy-discussions@scipy.org before anything is
+ done.
+
+ * Please add meaningful comments when you check changes in. These
+ comments form the basis of the change-log.
+
+ * Add unit tests to excercise new code, and regression tests
+ whenever you fix a bug.
-Please add meaningful comments when you check changes in. These comments
-form the basis of the change-log. Add unit tests to excercise new
-code, and regression tests whenever you fix a bug.