1 [[!meta title="Git merge policy: newcomer / patch'n'forget contributor"]]
3 ## Pull once in *good enough* state
5 Changes proposed by new contributors, or by the patch'n'forget kind,
6 shall respectively be applied once they are in *good enough* state.
7 That is, once the core developers team feels like maintaining it on
8 the long run in case the initial submitter disappears. Such
9 maintenance includes: polishing the proposed changes to make them fit
10 for release; writing and updating the design and end-user
11 documentations; fixing bugs.