Contributing

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Ways to Contribute

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Specification

• Clarifying existing language
• Proposing new features via the RFC process
• Identifying ambiguities or inconsistencies
• Reviewing open RFCs

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Reference Implementation

• Core protocol implementation
• Adapter development
• Testing and benchmarking
• Documentation
• Platform-specific optimization

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Ecosystem

• Client libraries in other languages (Go, Python, TypeScript, C)
• Monitoring and observability tools
• Deployment tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, bare metal)
• Storage backend implementations

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Getting Started

# Fork and clone
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/ntl.git
cd ntl

# Build
cargo build

# Run tests
cargo test

# Run benchmarks
cargo bench

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Pull Request Process

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/signal-compression)
3. Write tests for your changes
4. Ensure all tests pass (cargo test)
5. Ensure code passes linting (cargo clippy)
6. Submit a pull request with a clear description

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Code Style

• Follow Rust standard formatting (cargo fmt)
• Use clippy for linting
• Write doc comments for all public interfaces
• Include unit tests for new functionality
• Include integration tests for protocol-level changes

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Community

• GitHub Discussions — Questions, ideas, and general discussion
• GitHub Issues — Bug reports and feature requests
• Discord — Real-time chat and community

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Code of Conduct

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License