== Contributing ==

The gesture framework and related projects are open source. If you would like to contribute, you need to do the following:
 1. [[http://launchpad.net|get a Launchpad id]]
 1. [[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=105280|sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct]]
 1. sign Canonical's [[http://www.canonical.com/contributors|contributor agreement]]
 1. abide by the coding styles and best practices of the related upstream projects
 1. [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/~utouch-bugs|pick some tickets]]
 1. start hacking!

== Contribution Review Policy ==
All non-trivial branches need a code review.

Examples of trivial branches:

 * Translation updates
 * Release changes (e.g. version bump)

Examples of non-trivial branches:

 * Normal bug fixes
 * Features
 * Refactors

=== Review Flow ===

 1. Develop a contribution as a bzr branch
 1. Push it to the relevant project space on Launchpad.net (e.g. lp:~<your username>/ginn/my-new-feature)
 1. Propose merging the branch into the project trunk
 1. A separate member of the gesture team will review the branch
 1. Once approved by any member of the gesture team, anyone may merge the branch into trunk

== Reference Materials ==

 * [[Multitouch/Definitions]] - A glossary of terms we use when discussing gesture technology, both at the user-experience and engineering levels 

== Specs ==

 * [[../APIs/GEIS/1.0Spec| Spec for the GEIS 1.0 API ]]
 * [[../APIs/GEIS/2.0Spec| Spec for the GEIS 2.0 API ]]