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Contributing
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-This project welcomes new contributors. If you would like to help make Malhar better by adding new features, enhancing existing features, or fixing bugs, check out the [contributing guidelines](http://apex.apache.org/contributing.html).
+This project welcomes new contributors. If you would like to help by adding new features, enhancing existing features, or fixing bugs, check out the [contributing guidelines](http://apex.apache.org/contributing.html) and guidelines for [contributing to the operator library](http://apex.apache.org/malhar-contributing.html).
You acknowledge that your submissions to this repository are made pursuant the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html) and constitute "Contributions," as defined therein, and you represent and warrant that you have the right and authority to do so.
+You can submit new issues and track the progress of existing issues at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/APEXMALHAR
+
Documentation
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Please visit the [documentation section](http://apex.apache.org/docs.html).
-Documentation build and hosting process is explained in [docs README](docs/README.md).
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Discussion group
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The project uses Maven for the build. Run
```
-mvn install
+mvn install -DskipTests
```
The code depends on the Apex API, which is available in the Maven Central Repository. Individual modules such as library can be built independently by changing directory to the module and running maven there.
-Multiple [demo applications](demos/src/main/java/com/datatorrent/demos) are provided to showcase the Apex platform and application development process.
-
-Issue tracking
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-
-[JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/APEXMALHAR) issue tracking system is used for this project.
-You can submit new issues and track the progress of existing issues at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/APEXMALHAR
-
-Please include the JIRA ticket number into the commit messages. It will automatically add the commit message to the JIRA ticket(s) and help link the commit with the issue(s) being tracked for easy reference.
-An example commit might look like this:
-
- git commit -am "APEXMALHAR-1234 Task completed ahead of schedule"
-
-JIRA tickets should be resolved and fix version field set by the committer merging the pull request.
+Multiple [demo applications](demos/) are provided to showcase the Apex platform and application development process.
License
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