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| This document summarizes the development process of Commons Statistics: |
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| 1. The "master" branch collects all modifications that will be part |
| of the next release. |
| Usually, non trivial changes should not be committed directly to the "master" |
| branch; they should be merged from a branch specifically created for |
| that purpose (see next point). |
| 2. Work on an identified issue (bug fix or new feature) must be done in a |
| new branch named after its corresponding report in the bug-tracking |
| system (JIRA), e.g. "feature-STATISTICS-123". |
| After completion, and in the absence of technical objections, the feature |
| branch is merged into the "master" branch, using the "--no-ff" git |
| option. |
| That feature branch is then deleted. |
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| Please note that a contribution that consists in the implementation of a |
| statistical distribution will only be accepted if it comes with reference |
| data from another implementation. The source and version should be identified |
| to allow regeneration of the data. Data should test different |
| parameterizations of the distribution for any shape and scale parameters. |
