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   <header>
      <title>Dev Zone</title>
      <version>$Revision$</version>
      <authors>
         <person name="Vladimir R. Bossicard" email="vladimir@apache.org"/>
      </authors>
   </header>

   <body>
      <section>
         <title>Introduction</title>
         <p>The Xindice team is currently preparing a major release and try to
            catch up with the numerous points still open. These pages describe
            what has been done but also the amount of work that still needs to
            be done. If you have interest in the project, your help is welcome!</p>
      </section>

      <section>
         <title>Development Status</title>
         <p>The project really needs your help in the following areas:</p>
         <ul>
            <li>
               <strong>bug reports</strong>: according to the number of bugs
               found in the bug database, Xindice has almost no bugs at all.
               Well the experience shows that the reality is different. We
               can't fix bugs if we don't know where they are! So if you find
               a bug, please report it with information.
            </li>
            <li>
               <strong>new documentation</strong>: everyone who uses Xindice
               must contribute to the documentation. Period. Simply read the
               guides, correct the mistakes and send a patch would already
               help tremendoulsy.
            </li>
            <li>
               <strong>accurate how-tos</strong>: installing Xindice is for a
               lot of users a real nightmare. And this shouldn't be the case.
               The goal is to provide simple and detailed
               <link href="../1.1/howto/index.html">how-tos</link>. If you are
               installing Xindice, please follow the how-to and review its
               accuracy. If there is none, you'll have to write and and send
               it to use.
            </li>
            <li>
               <strong>local patches</strong>: if you have locally modified
               Xindice to fix a bug, please provide a patch! Or at least
               discuss the modifications on the
               <link href="../mail.html">mailing list</link>.
            </li>
         </ul>
      </section>
   </body>
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