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 ## Pull requests
 
-The typical story on pull requests is: if Travis accepts it, and the author
-only added packages under his/her own name, merge it. If the build later fails
-(see below), then block the package until it's fixed.
+The typical story on pull requests is: If Travis accepts it, packdeps
+says the package is up to date, and the author only added packages
+under his/her own name, merge it.  If the build later fails (see
+below), then block the package until it's fixed.
 
 ## Fixing bounds issues