# Contributing to Backerup Releases

Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Backerup release artifacts repository.
This repository is intended to store release-specific packages, release notes, and deployment artifacts.

## What belongs here

- Docker image archives for offline loading
- `docker-compose.yml` or deployment manifests included with a release
- Release notes, changelog entries, and known-issue documentation
- Checksums, signatures, and verification metadata

## How to contribute

1. Open an issue if you want to suggest a new release artifact, report a problem with an existing release, or request a correction.
2. For changes that can be handled directly, submit a pull request against the `main` branch.
3. Ensure your PR includes a clear description of what changed and why.
4. If you are adding or updating release notes, include the relevant version and date.

## Review process

- Changes are reviewed by the repository maintainers.
- Keep contributions focused on release artifacts and documentation.
- Non-release-related changes may be redirected to the main Backerup source repository.

## Licensing and distribution

This repository is governed by the terms in `LICENSE.txt`.
By contributing, you agree that your changes are covered by the repository license.

## Notes

- This repository contains proprietary release artifacts for Backerup.
- If you are looking to contribute code or feature work, please refer to the main Backerup project repository.