From d99d71eb96d594a319da721d5f5627d9ea443922 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jean-Paul Calderone <exarkun@twistedmatrix.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 08:13:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add some notes about current and future plans

---
 CONTRIBUTING.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index da0e50b..2cbf8ef 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ To update to the current master@HEAD revision, run:
 
    nix-shell --run 'niv update tahoe-lafs-master --branch master'
 
+We intend for these updates to be performed periodically.
+At the moment, they must be performed manually.
+It might be worthwhile to `automate this process <https://github.com/PrivateStorageio/ZKAPAuthorizer/issues/287>` in the future.
+
 It is also possible to pass ``pull/<pr-number>/head`` to test against a specific PR.
 
 The Nix package depends on a version of Tahoe-LAFS determined by the "tahoe-lafs" niv entry.
-- 
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