@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ their repo.
155155You should always check that a issue describing the problem isn't already open
156156or closed to avoid making duplicate issues.
157157
158- You should also check whether the problem hasn't been fixed in ` master ` already.
159- If that is the case, the next upstream release will likely resolve the issue.
160- You can add a patch to the template in the meantime (and make a comment in the
161- header that the next release will make the patch obsolete). You can also
162- politely ask upstream when is the next release planned. I've seen some projects
163- which have had their latest release years ago and which have fixed a lot of
164- issues in ` master ` . This is unfortunate for package maintainers who only use
165- versioned releases.
158+ You should also check whether the problem hasn't been fixed in their development
159+ branch [ ^ master ] already. If that is the case, the next upstream release will
160+ likely resolve the issue. You can add a patch to the template in the meantime
161+ (and make a comment in the header that the next release will make the patch
162+ obsolete). You can also politely ask upstream when is the next release planned.
163+ I've seen some projects which have had their latest release years ago and which
164+ have fixed a lot of issues in their development branch [ ^ master ] . This is
165+ unfortunate for package maintainers who only use versioned releases.
166166
167167Upstream maintainers may or may not be willing to act on an issue and fix it.
168168If the issue is related to cross compilation or musl, upstream might not have
@@ -227,3 +227,6 @@ method](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/tree/master?tab=readme-ov-fi
227227It ** destroys host system it runs on** .
228228
229229[ ^ exit1 ] : A similar result can be attained by using ` exit 1 ` .
230+ [ ^ master ] : The development branch is usually the first branch you land on when
231+ looking at upstream's repository. It's usually called ` master ` ,
232+ ` main ` , ` develop ` or something else.
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