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Comment by ChickeNES

3 hours ago

> this place accepts patches via email, this one wants a URL to a pastebin containing the patch

I for one would never contribute to a project that requires one of the above. I know some will shoot back with "but Linux!", but that's the exception that proves the rule.

And projects that want emailed patches might consider it a good filter for the sorts of contributors they want.

> I for one would never contribute to a project that requires one of the above.

They’re not exactly begging for your contribution, are they? It’s very much voluntary. They’re just stating how to communicate with them.