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This document summarizes the development process of Commons Statistics:

1. The "master" branch collects all modifications that will be part
   of the next release.
   Usually, non trivial changes should not be committed directly to the "master"
   branch; they should be merged from a branch specifically created for
   that purpose (see next point).
2. Work on an identified issue (bug fix or new feature) must be done in a
   new branch named after its corresponding report in the bug-tracking
   system (JIRA), e.g. "feature-STATISTICS-123".
   After completion, and in the absence of technical objections, the feature
   branch is merged into the "master" branch, using the "--no-ff" git
   option.
   That feature branch is then deleted.


Please note that a contribution that consists in the implementation of a
statistical distribution will only be accepted if it comes with reference
data from another implementation. The source and version should be identified
to allow regeneration of the data. Data should test different
parameterizations of the distribution for any shape and scale parameters.
