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+# Development of Nixpkgs {#part-development}
+
+This section shows you how Nixpkgs is being developed and how you can interact with the contributors and the latest updates.
+If you are interested in contributing yourself, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+<!-- In the future this section should also include: How to open issues (request backports, request updates, report bugs, ...), how to test pull requests, how to know if pull requests are available in channels, etc. -->
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 lib.md
 stdenv.md
 builders.md
+development.md
 contributing.md
 ```