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+# Parabolaweb HACKING
+
+Things you should know:
+
+1. You don't need to mess with the fixtures every time you want to add
+   something.  It's OK to just add it through the web-based admin
+   interface.  The fixtures are for setting up the inital data that
+   things might not work without.
+
+2. Please don't add new pages to the `legacy_urls` list in `urls.py`.
+   It's for old, compatibility URLs.  But once it's added there, it's
+   there forever, don't remove it.
+
+Which branch you should use:
+
+ - If it's a Parabola-specific change, put it on `master`.
+ - If it's not Parabola-specific, put it on `archweb-generic`, then
+   merge it into `master`.
+
+Following is Archweb's version of the HACKING file; you should follow
+it too.
+
+# Archweb HACKING
+
 Contributing 
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