On Sep 19, 2015, at 8:30 AM, John Nelson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> - Sean manages the GitHub repo. It's read only. It doesn't accept PRs. Issue tracking is disabled, (by convention, not settings.)  
> - Some underlying SVN repo is the true central repository. Sean integrates over that repository, the pushes to the GitHub repo. 
> - Contributions take place through emailed patches to Sean or MASON-INTEREST-L.

Or MASON-HELP.

Anyway, this is basically correct for the MASON core code.  MASON is mostly cathedral.  

> A friend just side-barred me and said my email came off as really passive aggressive. If anyone felt that way (Sean, especially,) I'm sorry! That was not my intention. 

Nope, I didn't read it that way at all.  MASON has only recently moved to GitHub, and I'm not comfy with Git.

Sean