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## Contributing
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The project is in maintenance mode, meaning, changes are driven by contributed patches.
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Only bug fixes. The Barcode Scanner app can
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no longer be published, so almost no fixes will be accepted for it.
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There is otherwise no development or roadmap for this project.
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Only proposed changes in the form of a pull request are likely to be acted on, but,
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these will be acted on promptly.
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### Questions
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Questions should be asked on the mailing list:
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/zxing
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### Feature Requests
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Feature requests are not accepted.
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### Bug Reports
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Bug reports must have enough detail to understand and reproduce the problem.
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Bug reports without an associated pull request will generally be closed.
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However, bug reports with a pull request are likely to be merged promptly.
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## FAQ
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Please search previous issues for an answer before opening a pull request. A few common ones
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are listed here.
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### I get a compilation error.
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2022-02-28 21:06:04 -08:00
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While you can check the build status on Github to confirm,
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the project correctly builds and passes tests at all times.
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90% of the time it's due to using an old version of Java. Version 3.4+ require Java 8.
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Use earlier versions with Java 7 and earlier.
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### This barcode doesn't decode.
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Not all images will decode. All else equal, more is better, but this is not accepted as a bug
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report. A pull request that makes changes to make the barcode decode without decreasing the net
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number of barcodes recognized in the unit tests may be considered.
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## Licensing
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Contributions via GitHub pull requests are gladly accepted from their original author.
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Along with any pull requests, please state that the contribution is your original work and
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that you license the work to the project under the project's open source license.
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Whether or not you state this explicitly, by submitting any copyrighted material via
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pull request, email, or other means you agree to license the material under the project's
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open source license and warrant that you have the legal authority to do so.
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