diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.txt b/DEVELOPMENT.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6aa43a68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+Development process
+-------------------
+ * Go to `http://github.com/stefanv/scikits.image
+   <http://github.com/stefanv/scikits.image>`_  and follow the instructions on
+   making your own fork/branch.
+ * Make changes to your branch, committing locally as you progress.
+ * Push your changes back to github.
+ * Ping stefan to request a merge into the main development branch.
+
+.. note::
+
+   Do *not* merge the main branch into yours.  You may rebase,
+   as long as you are `aware of its dangers <http://tinyurl.com/lll385>`_
+   (also see `LWN article <http://tinyurl.com/nqcbkj>`_).
+
+All of this may be intimidating if you've never used git before, so we'd
+happily accept plain old unified diffs (``git diff`` or ``diff -u a.txt
+b.txt``) as well.
+
+Guidelines:
+```````````
+ * All code should have tests (see "Test coverage" below for more details).
+ * All code should be documented, to the same
+   `standard <http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/wiki/CodingStyleGuidelines>`_
+   as NumPy and SciPy.
+ * Follow the `Python PEPs <http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>`_
+   where possible.
+ * All major changes should be `posted for review
+   <http://codereview.appspot.com>`_ to the `mailing list
+   <http://groups.google.com/group/scikits-image>`_.
+
+Test coverage
+`````````````
+Tests for a module should ideally cover all code in that module, i.e. statement
+coverage should be at 100%. To measure the test coverage, install `<coverage.py
+http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage/>`_ and then run::
+
+  $ make coverage
+
+This will print a report with one line for each file in `scikits.image`,
+detailing the test coverage::
+
+  Name                                             Stmts   Exec  Cover   Missing
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  scikits/image/color/colorconv                       77     77   100%
+  scikits/image/filter/__init__                        1      1   100%
+  ...
+
+Bugs
+````
+Please `report bugs on Github <http://github.com/stefanv/scikits.image/issues>`_.
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 081e0d08..5a5dbc86 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ test:
 	nosetests scikits/image
 
 coverage:
-	nosetests scikits/image --with-coverage
-	coverage -r -m scikits/image/*.py scikits/image/*/*.py 
+	nosetests scikits/image --with-coverage --cover-package=scikits.image
diff --git a/TASKS.txt b/TASKS.txt
index 1ec192c7..35594899 100644
--- a/TASKS.txt
+++ b/TASKS.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ or tests.
    * `Hough transform <http://mentat.za.net>`_
    * `Shortest paths <http://mentat.za.net>`_
    * `Grey-level co-occurrence matrices <http://mentat.za.net/hg>`_
-   * Marching squares (investigate patent issues)
+   * Marching squares 
    * Nadav's bilateral filtering (first compare against CellProfile's code)
    * 2D iso-contour finding (sub-pixel precision) [ask Zach Pincus]
    * 2D image warping via thin-plate splines [ask Zach Pincus]
@@ -96,38 +96,3 @@ checking in the API files into the repository (done) -- but the doc build
 process needs to be updated to use these distributed files if they cannot be
 generated from source.
 
-Development process
--------------------
- * Go to `http://github.com/stefanv/scikits.image
-   <http://github.com/stefanv/scikits.image>`_  and follow the instructions on
-   making your own fork/branch.
- * Make changes to your branch, committing locally as you progress.
- * Push your changes back to github.
- * Ping stefan to request a merge into the main development branch.
-
-.. note::
-
-   Do *not* merge the main branch into yours.  You may rebase,
-   as long as you are `aware of its dangers <http://tinyurl.com/lll385>`_
-   (also see `LWN article <http://tinyurl.com/nqcbkj>`_).
-
-All of this may be intimidating if you've never used git before, so we'd
-happily accept plain old unified diffs (``git diff`` or ``diff -u a.txt
-b.txt``) as well.
-
-Guidelines:
-```````````
- * All code should have tests.
- * All code should be documented, to the same
-   `standard <http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/wiki/CodingStyleGuidelines>`_
-   as NumPy and SciPy.
- * Follow the `Python PEPs <http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>`_
-   where possible.
- * All major changes should be `posted for review
-   <http://codereview.appspot.com>`_ to the `mailing list
-   <http://groups.google.com/group/scikits-image>`_.
-
-Bugs
-````
-Please `report bugs on Github <http://github.com/stefanv/scikits.image>`_.
-
diff --git a/doc/source/api/api.txt b/doc/source/api/api.txt
index 3b5b4ba1..921a226d 100644
--- a/doc/source/api/api.txt
+++ b/doc/source/api/api.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ API Reference
    scikits.image.color
    scikits.image.filter
    scikits.image.io
-   scikits.image.opencv
    scikits.image.transform
diff --git a/doc/source/contribute.txt b/doc/source/contribute.txt
index 8ed8e081..5e62b585 100644
--- a/doc/source/contribute.txt
+++ b/doc/source/contribute.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 .. include:: ../../TASKS.txt
-
+.. include:: ../../DEVELOPMENT.txt