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+# GNOME Contacts
+Contacts organizes your contacts information from all your online and offline
+sources, providing a centralized place for managing your contacts.
+
+## Build
+Building Contacts can be done by executing these commands in the directory:
+```sh
+git clone git://git.gnome.org/gnome-contacts
+cd gnome-contacts
+./autogen.sh && make && make install
+```
+
+## Issue tracker
+Contacts uses the GNOME Bugzilla, where you can check the
+[list of open bugs](https://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=gnome-contacts).
+
+If you'd like to report a bug in Contacts or request an enhancement, please file
+an issue using the
+[appropriate form](https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-contacts).
+
+In case of a bug, please also add reproducible steps and the version of Contacts.
+
+## More information
+Contacts has its own web page on https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Contacts.
+
+To discuss issues with developers and other users, you can subscribe to the
+[mailing list](https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-contacts-list)
+or join [#contacts](irc://irc.gnome.org/contacts) on irc.gnome.org.