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 It may be possible to fix these issues, but they are not a priority at the moment
 
+## Contributing
+
+Before you start working on a PR, contact us via IRC or the forum to get a
+clue whether someone else isn't already working on it or if we don't want to
+invest the effort in favour of working on Froxlor 2.0.
+Of course, bug fixes are always welcome.
+However, at this stage of the 0.9.x branch, we are not looking for new
+features or refactoring, especially not the kind which requires changes to a
+lot of files.
+Currently, we are working on a complete re-write, which, at this point in
+time, is not yet public to keep delays due to discussions about internal
+details to a minimum.
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