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    The obvious choice would’ve been to not use it and state the numbers plainly.

    How would you write it?

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      The open source Git project just released Git 2.42 with features and bug fixes from 78 contributors, 17 of them new.

      There. Simple.

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        But there were more contributors, you just don’t know how many. By this you’re kind of disregarding their work.

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          No there aren’t, stop making things up. From the official release notes:

          The latest feature release Git v2.42.0 is now available at the
          usual places.  It is comprised of 453 non-merge commits since
          v2.41.0, contributed by 78 people, 17 of which are new faces
          
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            78 people contributed in the form of code commits, but more people likely contributed to the release in other ways (QA, triage, release management etc.)

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              Fuck me. Can you not read? It is stating specifically features and bug fixes. QA, triage, release management are neither features nor bug fixes. They’re processes. They’re necessary. But that’s a separate thing.