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+# Issues and pull requests
+
+Issues are maintained in the [Apache JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/LOGCXX/issues) by
+default, so before posting pull requests, please have a look there if an associated issue with your
+problem/feature/... exists already. If not, it's generally OK to directly create pull requests IF 
+code is already available, but please be somewhat verbose: Provide some background information about
+what actual problem the PR solves, why this needs to be solved etc. Don't just provide commits about
+the fact that you changed something.
+
+If any discussion is needed before actually having any code, simply create a ticket in JIRA or send
+a message to the corresponding [mailing list](https://logging.apache.org/log4cxx/latest_stable/mail-lists.html).
+Thanks!