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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#contributing-to-libtorrent" id="id1">contributing to libtorrent</a></li>
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<h1>contributing to libtorrent</h1>
<p>There are several ways to contribute to libtorrent at various levels. Any help is
much appreciated. If you're interested in something libtorrent related that's not
enumerated on this page, please contact <a class="reference external" href="mailto:arvid&#64;rasterbar.com">arvid&#64;rasterbar.com</a> or the <a class="reference external" href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libtorrent-discuss">mailing list</a>.</p>
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<dt>Testing</dt>
<dd><p class="first">This is not just limited to finding bugs and ways to reproduce crashes, but also
sub-optimal behavior is certain scenarios and finding ways to reproduce those. Please
report any issue to the bug tracker at <a class="reference external" href="http://code.google.com/p/libtorrent/issues/entry">google code</a>.</p>
<p class="last">New features that need testing are streaming (<tt class="docutils literal">set_piece_deadline()</tt>), the different
choking algorithms (especially the new BitTyrant choker), the disk cache options (such
as <tt class="docutils literal">explicit_cache</tt>).</p>
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<dt>Documentation</dt>
<dd><p class="first last">Finding typos or outdated sections in the documentation. Contributing documentation
based on your own experience and experimentation with the library or with BitTorrent
in general. Non-reference documentation is very much welcome as well, higher level
descriptions on how to configure libtorrent for various situations for instance.</p>
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<dt>Code</dt>
<dd><p class="first">Contributing code for new features or bug-fixes is highly welcome. If you're interested
in adding a feature but not sure where to start, please contact the <a class="reference external" href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libtorrent-discuss">mailing list</a> or
<tt class="docutils literal">#libtorrent</tt> &#64; <tt class="docutils literal">irc.freenode.net</tt>.</p>
<p class="last">New features might be better support for integrating with other services, new choking
algorithms, seeding policies, ports to new platforms etc.</p>
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<p>For an overview of the internals of libtorrent, see the <a class="reference external" href="hacking.html">hacking</a> page.</p>
<p>For outstanding things to do, see the <a class="reference external" href="todo.html">todo list</a>.</p>
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