Contributing
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There are several ways you can contribute to Jaybird or Firebird in general:

* Participate on the mailing lists (see <https://www.firebirdsql.org/en/mailing-lists/>)
* Report bugs or submit patches on the tracker (see below)
* Create pull requests on GitHub (<https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/jaybird>)
* Become a developer (for Jaybird contact us on [firebird-java](https://groups.google.com/g/firebird-java),
for Firebird in general, use [firebird-devel](https://groups.google.com/g/firebird-devel))
* Donate to the Firebird Foundation (see <https://www.firebirdsql.org/en/donate/>)
* Become a paying member or sponsor of the Firebird Foundation (see
  <https://www.firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-foundation/>

Reporting Bugs
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The developers follow the firebird-java@googlegroups.com list. Join the list and
post information about suspected bugs. List members may be able to help out to
determine if it is an actual bug, provide a workaround and get you going again,
whereas bug fixes might take a while.

You can report bugs in the Firebird bug tracker, 
<https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/jaybird/issues/>.

When reporting bugs, please provide a minimal, but complete reproduction,
including databases and sourcecode to reproduce the problem. Patches to fix bugs
are also appreciated. Make sure the patch is against a recent master version of
the code. You can also fork the jaybird repository and create pull requests.
