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-**Important** For general support, howto, coding and bundling questions, please use [Substrate & Polkadot StackExchange](https://substrate.stackexchange.com/) and get other ecosystem developers involved. This repository's issues are meant for feature requests and bug reports.
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-**Note** Please ensure you have done a search on the existing issues before logging a new request. This saves time on all sides.
+For general support, howto, coding and bundling questions, please use the Substrate & Polkadot StackExchange at https://substrate.stackexchange.com/ and get other ecosystem developers involved. This issues in this repository are meant for the tracking of feature requests and bug reports.
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+While all issues are looked at non-bug and non-features would take quite a bit longer to get to and may yield less than satisfactory responses in this format.
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+Additionally, please ensure you have done a search on the existing and closed issues before logging a new request. This saves time on all sides.
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 * **I'm submitting a ...**