1- # Contributing Guidelines
1+ # END OF LIFE NOTICE
2+ 3+ Version v2.2.0 is the final feature release of the MongoDB Perl driver. The
4+ driver is now in a 12-month "sunset" period and will receive security patches
5+ and critical bug fixes only. The Perl driver will be end-of-life and
6+ unsupported on August 13, 2020.
7+ 8+ # Introduction
9+ 10+ ` mongo-perl-driver ` is the official client-side driver for talking to
11+ MongoDB with Perl. It is free software released under the Apache 2.0
12+ license and available on CPAN under the distribution name ` MongoDB ` .
213
314This file describes requirements and procedures for developing and testing the
415MongoDB Perl driver from its code repository. For instructions installing
@@ -7,13 +18,7 @@ from CPAN or tarball, see the [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) file instead.
718While this distribution is shipped using Dist::Zilla, you do not need to
819install it or use it for development and testing.
920
10- ## Introduction
11- 12- ` mongo-perl-driver ` is the official client-side driver for talking to
13- MongoDB with Perl. It is free software released under the Apache 2.0
14- license and available on CPAN under the distribution name ` MongoDB ` .
15- 16- ## How to Ask for Help
21+ # How to Ask for Help
1722
1823If you are having difficulty building the driver after reading the
1924instructions here, please email the [ mongodb-user mailing
@@ -31,10 +36,9 @@ Failure to include the relevant information will result in additional
3136round-trip communications to ascertain the necessary details, delaying a
3237useful response.
3338
34- ## Bugs / Feature Requests
39+ # Bugs / Feature Requests
3540
36- Think you've found a bug? Want to see a new feature? Please open a
37- ticket in our issue management tool, JIRA:
41+ Think you've found a bug? Please open a ticket in our issue management tool, JIRA:
3842
3943 - [ Create a JIRA
4044 account] ( https://jira.mongodb.org/secure/Signup!default.jspa ) if you
@@ -44,24 +48,7 @@ ticket in our issue management tool, JIRA:
4448 - Click the ** Create** button - Please provide as much information as
4549 possible for a bug and how to reproduce it.
4650
47- ## How to Contribute
48- 49- The code for ` mongo-perl-driver ` is hosted on GitHub at:
50- 51- https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-perl-driver/
52- 53- If you would like to contribute code, documentation, tests, or bugfixes,
54- follow these steps:
55- 56- 1 . Fork the project on GitHub.
57- 2 . Clone the fork to your local machine.
58- 3 . Make your changes and push them back up to your GitHub account.
59- 4 . Send a "pull request" with a brief description of your changes, and a
60- link to a JIRA ticket if there is one.
61- 62- If you are unfamiliar with GitHub, start with their excellent documentation here:
63- 64- https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo
51+ # Working with the source
6552
6653## Compiler tool requirements
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