<liclass="toctree-l2"><aclass="reference internal" href="MEP/MEP12.html">MEP12: Improve Gallery and Examples</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l2"><aclass="reference internal" href="MEP/MEP13.html">MEP13: Use properties for Artists</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l2"><aclass="reference internal" href="MEP/MEP14.html">MEP14: Text handling</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l2"><aclass="reference internal" href="MEP/MEP15.html">MEP15: Fix axis autoscaling when limits are specified for one axis only</a></li>
<p>This project is a community effort, and everyone is welcome to contribute. Everyone
within the community is expected to abide by our <aclass="reference internal" href="../project/code_of_conduct.html#code-of-conduct"><spanclass="std std-ref">code of conduct</span></a>.</p>
<p>There are various ways to contribute, such as optimizing and refactoring code,
detailing unclear documentation and writing new examples, helping the community,
reporting and fixing bugs, requesting and implementing new features...</p>
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<spanid="request-a-new-feature"></span><spanid="submitting-a-bug-report"></span><h2>GitHub issue tracker<aclass="headerlink" href="#github-issue-tracker" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<p>The <aclass="reference external" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues">issue tracker</a> serves as the
centralized location for making feature requests, reporting bugs, identifying major
projects to work on, and discussing priorities.</p>
<p>We have preloaded the issue creation page with markdown forms requesting the information
we need to triage issues and we welcome you to add any additional information or
context that may be necessary for resolving the issue:</p>
<pclass="sd-card-text">Thank you for your help in keeping feature requests well defined and tightly scoped.</p>
<pclass="sd-card-text"><spanclass="sd-d-grid"><aclass="sd-sphinx-override sd-btn sd-text-wrap sd-btn-primary reference external" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/new/choose"><span>Request a feature</span></a></span></p>
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<p>Since Matplotlib is an open source project with limited resources, we encourage users
to also <aclass="reference internal" href="contribute.html#contribute-code"><spanclass="std std-ref">participate</span></a> in fixing bugs and implementing new
features.</p>
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<h2>Contributing guide<aclass="headerlink" href="#contributing-guide" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<p>We welcome you to get more involved with the Matplotlib project! If you are new
to contributing, we recommend that you first read our
<spanid="development-environment"></span><h2>Development workflow<aclass="headerlink" href="#development-workflow" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<p>If you are contributing code or documentation, please follow our guide for setting up
and managing a development environment and workflow:</p>
<liclass="toctree-l1"><aclass="reference internal" href="development_setup.html">Setting up Matplotlib for development</a><ul>
<liclass="toctree-l2"><aclass="reference internal" href="development_setup.html#fork-the-matplotlib-repository">Fork the Matplotlib repository</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l2"><aclass="reference internal" href="development_setup.html#retrieve-the-latest-version-of-the-code">Retrieve the latest version of the code</a></li>
<liclass="toctree-l2"><aclass="reference internal" href="development_setup.html#create-a-dedicated-environment">Create a dedicated environment</a></li>
<spanid="contribution-guideline"></span><h2>Policies and guidelines<aclass="headerlink" href="#policies-and-guidelines" title="Link to this heading">#</a></h2>
<p>These policies and guidelines help us maintain consistency in the various types
of maintenance work. If you are writing code or documentation, following these policies
helps maintainers more easily review your work. If you are helping triage, community
manage, or release manage, these guidelines describe how our current process works.</p>