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 * Home page and bug tracker are on a [separate site](http://repa.ouroborus.net/).
 
 * PULL REQUESTS: If you want your pull request merged then send email to benl AT ouroborus.net. I don't pay attention to github notifications, but am happy to receive emails from people.
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+* If you just want to bump a dependency version then get a Hackage trustee to edit the package information directly on Hackage. You don't need to raise a pull request here.