things you should know about contributing:

1.  API changes require discussion, use cases, etc. Code comes later.
2.  Pull requests are great for small fixes for bugs, documentation, etc.
3.  Pull requests are not merged directly into the master branch.
4.  Code contributions require signing a Google CLA.

API changes
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We make changes to Guava's public [APIs][], including adding new APIs, very

import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests conditional {@code setCount()} operations on a multiset. Can't
 * be invoked directly; please see {@link MultisetTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author Chris Povirk
 */
@GwtCompatible
@Ignore("test runners must not instantiate and run this directly, only via suites we build")
// @Ignore affects the Android test runner, which respects JUnit 4 annotations on JUnit 3 tests.

import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests {@code remove(int)} operations on a list. Can't be invoked
 * directly; please see {@link com.google.common.collect.testing.ListTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author Chris Povirk
 */
@GwtCompatible
@Ignore("test runners must not instantiate and run this directly, only via suites we build")
// @Ignore affects the Android test runner, which respects JUnit 4 annotations on JUnit 3 tests.

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests {@code remove(Object)} operations on a list. Can't be invoked
 * directly; please see {@link com.google.common.collect.testing.ListTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */
@GwtCompatible
@Ignore("test runners must not instantiate and run this directly, only via suites we build")
// @Ignore affects the Android test runner, which respects JUnit 4 annotations on JUnit 3 tests.

import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests add operations on a set. Can't be invoked directly; please see
 * {@link com.google.common.collect.testing.SetTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@GwtCompatible
@Ignore("test runners must not instantiate and run this directly, only via suites we build")
// @Ignore affects the Android test runner, which respects JUnit 4 annotations on JUnit 3 tests.

import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests {@code remove()} operations on a queue. Can't be invoked
 * directly; please see {@link com.google.common.collect.testing.CollectionTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 */
@GwtCompatible
@Ignore("test runners must not instantiate and run this directly, only via suites we build")
// @Ignore affects the Android test runner, which respects JUnit 4 annotations on JUnit 3 tests.

import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests removeAll operations on a list. Can't be invoked directly;
 * please see {@link com.google.common.collect.testing.ListTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */
@GwtCompatible
@Ignore("test runners must not instantiate and run this directly, only via suites we build")
// @Ignore affects the Android test runner, which respects JUnit 4 annotations on JUnit 3 tests.

import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests {@code poll()} operations on a queue. Can't be invoked directly;
 * please see {@link com.google.common.collect.testing.CollectionTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 */
@GwtCompatible
@Ignore("test runners must not instantiate and run this directly, only via suites we build")
// @Ignore affects the Android test runner, which respects JUnit 4 annotations on JUnit 3 tests.

import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests removeAll operations on a list. Can't be invoked directly;
 * please see {@link com.google.common.collect.testing.ListTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */
@GwtCompatible
@Ignore("test runners must not instantiate and run this directly, only via suites we build")
// @Ignore affects the Android test runner, which respects JUnit 4 annotations on JUnit 3 tests.

import java.util.Map;
import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * Basic serialization test for maps.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible
@Ignore("test runners must not instantiate and run this directly, only via suites we build")
// @Ignore affects the Android test runner, which respects JUnit 4 annotations on JUnit 3 tests.
@SuppressWarnings("JUnit4ClassUsedInJUnit3")