Markus Rechberger wrote:
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> just reading through it and cleaning up some code isn't so difficult
> and can be done by many people -

Doing cleanups is a good way to get into the matter, to become able to
eventually fix bugs of the difficult type.

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> if they're allowed/wanted to do so.

Everybody is allowed to submit.  But there is a certain degree of both
persistence and adaptability required to get one's first submissions
upstream.  However, these qualities are also required to fix difficult bugs.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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