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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by tech234a on Friday September 18, 2026 @05:33PM (#49760551)
Commit activity actually increased after they blocked external contributions in June: https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/graphs/commit-ac...
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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by whimblepop on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @05:31PM (#49808416)
Does "external" contributors effectively mean drive-by contributors? I assume there's still more than a single developer, and it's somehow possible to be admitted as a member of the project if you have some existing public reputation.
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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by tech234a on Monday October 05, 2026 @10:17PM (#49973394)
Website says: "Ladybird is open source, developed by a small team in the open. You can help by filing bug reports, creating reductions, testing websites, reporting security issues, and sharing technical feedback." [1]

[1]: https://ladybird.org/

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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by whimblepop on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @04:09PM (#49983368)
I bet if you contribute in those various other ways for a while, you can probably eventually submit patches. Not as exciting as being able to jump right in, for sure. But it sounds like there's a way in, and I guess you can carry your own patches in a downstream fork in the meantime.
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