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+Pull Requests and Issues are both welcome.
+
+=== Responsiveness
+
+General priority order is:
+
+* Crashes
+* Bugs
+* Warnings
+* Enhancements (new features, performance improvement, etc)
+
+Pull requests get priority over Issues. Some pull requests I take
+as written; some I modify myself; some I will request changes before
+accepting them. Because I've ended up supporting a lot of libraries
+(20 as I write this, with more on the way), I am somewhat slow to
+address things. Many issues have been around for a long time.
+
+=== Pull requests
+
+* Do NOT update the version number in the file. (This just causes conflicts.)
+* Do add your name to the list of contributors. (Don't worry about the formatting.) I'll try to remember to add it if you don't, but I sometimes forget as it's an extra step.
+
+=== Specific libraries
+
+I generally do not want new file formats for stb_image because
+we are trying to improve its security, so increasing its attack
+surface is counter-productive.
+