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@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ though then you also have the option of just installing Debian packages from the
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distribution (https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/linuxcnc).
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Admittedly, this section also exists since LinuxCNC is a community effort.
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and you are encouraged to contribute to the development of LinuxCNC.
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You want to compile LinuxCNC yourself for The exchange of new developments,
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or you may be porting LinuxCNC to some new Linux disribution
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or developer reacts to you reporting a problem that you want to test
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but any such change will see no buildbot to help, or that help is delayed,
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Generally, you want to compile LinuxCNC yourself for immediate functional access
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* to a new development of LinuxCNC or
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* a new development you perhaps want to contribute to LinuxCNC or help other completing it.
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You may for instance be porting LinuxCNC to some new Linux distribution
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or, and this common, a developer reacts to you reporting a problem whose fix you want to test.
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Any such change will see no buildbot to help, or that help is delayed,
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pending someone else's review that you do not want to wait for or you are
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the only other individual with a particular hardware to test the code.
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If you want to contribute to LinuxCNC but are uncertain about where to start,
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please seriously consider to contribute to the documentation.
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Everyone always finds something to improve - and if you only leave
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a "FIXME: with a comment" in the text as a reference for your self
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a "FIXME: with a comment" in the text as a reference for yourself
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and others to revisit a section later. Also, translations to languages
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other than English are very likely to benefit from your scrutiny at
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https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/linuxcnc/ .

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