From a685bbb018256e8fb35972916da89cc4e4024054 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Eastwood <contact@ericeastwood.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 07:59:19 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add link to Synapse dev room to the relevant README section
 (#9002)

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 README.rst           | 2 ++
 changelog.d/9002.doc | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/9002.doc

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d724cf97da..31ae5cc578 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ Then update the ``users`` table in the database::
 Synapse Development
 ===================
 
+Join our developer community on Matrix: [#synapse-dev:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#synapse-dev:matrix.org)
+
 Before setting up a development environment for synapse, make sure you have the
 system dependencies (such as the python header files) installed - see
 `Installing from source <INSTALL.md#installing-from-source>`_.
diff --git a/changelog.d/9002.doc b/changelog.d/9002.doc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26928c9a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/9002.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Link the Synapse developer room to the development section in the docs.