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    <div class="community--dev">
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            <h6 class="community--header-persona">Want to contribute?</h6>
            {{< accordion title="Join the Dev list" description="The Dev list is the preferred channel for announcements, proposals and votes." logo_path="icons/join-devlist-icon.svg" open="true">}}
                <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">
                    Manage your <b>subscription</b>:
                </p>
                <ul class="ticks-blue mx-auto">
                    <li class="text-break-all"><a class="list-link" href="mailto:dev-subscribe@airflow.apache.org">dev-subscribe@airflow.apache.org</a></li>
                    <li class="text-break-all"><a class="list-link" href="mailto:dev-unsubscribe@airflow.apache.org">dev-unsubscribe@airflow.apache.org</a></li>
                </ul>
                <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">
                    Browse the <b>archive</b>:
                </p>
                <ul class="ticks-blue mx-auto">
                   <li class="text-break-all"><a class="list-link" href="https://lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@airflow.apache.org">https://lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@airflow.apache.org</a></li>
                </ul>
                <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">
                    For answers to ad hoc questions, try asking in the official <b>Airflow Slack</b> first. See <b>"Ask a question"</b> below for details and additional resources.
                </p>
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            {{< accordion title="Join the community on Slack" description="Connect with other contributors" logo_path="icons/ask-question-icon.svg" open="true">}}
            <ol class="counter-blue mx-auto">
                <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">
                    After <a href="https://apache-airflow-slack.herokuapp.com/">creating an account</a>, join
                    <a href="https://apache-airflow.slack.com/messages/new-contributors">#new-contributors</a>
                    when you have questions and attempt to do your first contributions.
                    Join <a href="https://apache-airflow.slack.com/messages/contributors">#contributors</a>
                    to discuss more in depth contributing to Airflow.
                </p>
            </ol>
            {{< /accordion >}}
            {{< accordion title="Subscribe to the newsletter" description="[Get regular monthly updates](https://cdn.forms-content-1.sg-form.com/0e736095-efa6-11ef-a7a0-f25cb9c40f09) on recent events and communications in the Airflow community." logo_path="icons/join-devlist-icon.svg" >}}
            <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">You will learn about:</p>
            <ul class="ticks-blue mx-auto">
                <li>recent releases</li>
                <li>upcoming and recent events</li>
                <li>the PR of the Month</li>
                <li>recent blog posts and guides</li>
                <li>activity on the Dev list.</li>
            </ul>
            {{< /accordion >}}

            {{< accordion title="Improve documentation" description="Additions and improvements to the documentation are always welcome!" logo_path="icons/documentation-icon.svg" >}}
            <ol class="counter-blue mx-auto">
                <li>Open a PR with your changes.</li>
                <li>
                    Feel free to ask any questions you have in the #documentation channel in <a
                            href="https://apache-airflow.slack.com">Slack</a>.
                </li>
            </ol>
            {{< /accordion >}}
            {{< accordion title="Propose fundamental changes" description="If you have an idea that will change Airflow fundamentally, then there are more steps to take, but they are rather simple." logo_path="icons/project-icon.svg" >}}
            <ol class="counter-blue mx-auto">
                <li>
                    Create an Airflow Improvement Proposal (AIP) on the project wiki
                    (<a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AIRFLOW/Airflow+Improvement+Proposals">Airflow
                        Improvements Proposals</a>),
                    describe your idea, discuss the pros and cons, and explain why Airflow needs such a change.
                </li>
                <li>
                    When your AIP is ready, send it to the Dev list where the whole community will be able to discuss it
                    and collaborate on the final version.
                </li>
                <li>
                    When the community approves your proposal, it is time to start the work! Prepare your change as a
                    single or series of PRs and voil&agrave;!
                </li>
            </ol>
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        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="community--user">
        <div class="community--accordion-container">
            <h6 class="community--header-persona">Are you a user?</h6>
            {{< accordion title="Join the community on Slack" description="Connect with other users, get help, exchange best practices with other users." logo_path="icons/ask-question-icon.svg" open="true">}}
            <ol class="counter-blue mx-auto">
                <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">
                    After <a href="https://apache-airflow-slack.herokuapp.com/">creating an account</a>, join
                    <a href="https://apache-airflow.slack.com/messages/user-troubleshooting">#user-troubleshooting</a>
                    to ask for help with using Airflow.
                    Consider joining <a href="https://apache-airflow.slack.com/messages/user-best-practices">#user-best-practices</a>
                    to ask about best practices with using Airflow, and to share your best practices.
                </p>
            </ol>
            {{< /accordion >}}
            {{< accordion title="Join the Users mailing list" description="The Users list is the preferred channel for important announcements: release and security and asking for help from other users." logo_path="icons/join-devlist-icon.svg">}}
            <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">
                Manage your <b>subscription</b>:
            </p>
            <ul class="ticks-blue mx-auto">
                <li class="text-break-all"><a class="list-link" href="mailto:users-subscribe@airflow.apache.org">users-subscribe@airflow.apache.org</a></li>
                <li class="text-break-all"><a class="list-link" href="mailto:users-unsubscribe@airflow.apache.org">users-unsubscribe@airflow.apache.org</a></li>
            </ul>
            <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">
                Browse the <b>archive</b>:
            </p>
            <ul class="ticks-blue mx-auto">
                <li class="text-break-all"><a class="list-link" href="https://lists.apache.org/list.html?users@airflow.apache.org">https://lists.apache.org/list.html?users@airflow.apache.org</a></li>
            </ul>
            <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">
                For answers to ad hoc questions, try asking in the official <b>Airflow Slack</b> first. See <b>"Ask a question"</b> below for details and additional resources.
            </p>
            {{< /accordion >}}
            {{< accordion title="Ask a question" description="Reach out to other users and contributors. There are at least three ways to do this." logo_path="icons/ask-question-icon.svg">}}
            <ol class="counter-blue mx-auto">
                <li>Ask in the <a href="https://apache-airflow-slack.herokuapp.com/">Apache Airflow Slack</a></li>
                <li>Search <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/airflow">Stack Overflow</a></li>
                <li>Ask on the <a href="mailto:users-subscribe@airflow.apache.org">Users list</a><small> (or<a href="mailto:users-unsubscribe@airflow.apache.org"> unsubscribe)</a></small></li>
            </ol>
            {{< /accordion >}}
            {{< accordion title="Start a discussion" description="Use a [GitHub Discussion](https://github.com/apache/airflow/discussions) to start a discussion." logo_path="icons/ask-question-icon.svg" >}}
            <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">You can start discussions about:</p>
            <ul class="ticks-blue mx-auto">
                <li>proposing a new feature</li>
                <li>whether what you are observing is a real issue</li>
                <li>your brainstorms</li>
                <li>how others solve their problems.</li>
            </ul>
            {{< /accordion >}}
            {{< accordion title="Propose a new feature" description="Two steps are required to create a feature request in Airflow." logo_path="icons/new-feature-icon.svg" >}}
            <ol class="counter-blue mx-auto">
                <li>Create an account on <a href="https://github.com">GitHub</a></li>
                <li>
                    Create a <a href="https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/new/choose">new issue</a> and choose ‘Feature request’. Try to include as much information as you can in the description.
                </li>
                <li>
                    You are also encouraged to open a PR with your own implementation of the feature. Take a
                    look at our
                    <a href="https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst">contribution guidelines</a>
                    to learn more about contributing.
                </li>
            </ol>
            {{< /accordion >}}
            {{< accordion title="Report a bug" description="Use a [GitHub Issue](https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues) to create an issue." logo_path="icons/bug-icon.svg" >}}
            <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">Remember to include as much information as you can, including:</p>
            <ul class="ticks-blue mx-auto">
                <li>tracebacks</li>
                <li>screencaps</li>
                <li>context for reproducing the problem (mandatory).</li>
            </ul>
            <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">
                You are also encouraged to open a PR with your bug fix. Take a
                look at our
                <a href="https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst">contribution guidelines</a>
                to learn more about contributing.
            </p>
            <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">
                If you are unsure if you are encountering a problem with Airflow, start a
                <a href="https://github.com/apache/airflow/discussions">GitHub Discussion</a> first.
            </p>
            <p class="bodytext__medium--brownish-grey">
                If you want to raise a security issue, please take a look into the
                <a href="https://github.com/apache/airflow/security/policy">Airflow security policy</a> first.
            </p>
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