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-Thank you for contributing to OQS-BoringSSL! Before submitting your pull request, please ensure the following:
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-1. Your changes include new tests or modifications to existing tests as needed.
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-2. You have tested the changes in a clean build environment.
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-3. Your changes do not break the build for projects (i.e., NGINX-QUIC, cURL-QUIC, and Chromium) that depend on OQS-BoringSSL.
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+Thank you for contributing to OQS-BoringSSL! Before submitting your pull request, please ensure the following:
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+1. Your changes include new tests or modifications to existing tests as needed.
+
+2. You have tested the changes in a clean build environment.
+
+3. Your changes do not break the build for projects (i.e., [NGINX-QUIC](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/oqs-demos/blob/main/nginx/Dockerfile-QUIC), [cURL-QUIC](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/oqs-demos/blob/main/curl/Dockerfile-QUIC), and [Chromium](https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/oqs-demos/tree/main/chromium)) that depend on OQS-BoringSSL.