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@@ -212,56 +212,8 @@ please explain why when you submit it.
 
 =head2 Getting your patch accepted
 
-If you'd like to work on a significant change to the Perl core, there
-are some steps you can take to help us help you go from idea to
-accepted patch.
-
-Before you start coding, please write up a proposal for the idea and
-discuss it on the perl5-porters email list. This can save you a lot of
-time. In many cases, the porters will be able to guide you towards
-working something that fits in the Perl core. In some cases, they may
-simply reject the idea outright. That might be disappointing, but it's
-even more disappointing to actually write the patch only to have it
-rejected!
-
-Once your proposal has been discussed and you've done your hacking,
-there are a number of other things you can do to ensure that your patch
-gets a favorable reception.
-
-First, make sure your patch includes tests for new and/or changed
-behavior. Without comprehensive tests, it's extremely unlikely that
-your patch will be considered.
-
-Most significant changes will also require changes to the
-documentation. Patches that come with documentation updates are greatly
-preferred.
-
-Please add an entry to the F<pod/perldelta.pod> document describing
-your change. Don't worry about getting this exactly right, but do write
-something.
-
-If your change makes existing tests fail, then you must fix the tests.
-Patches that cause test failures will probably be rejected.
-
-If your change is not portable to all the platforms that we test Perl
-on, it will probably be rejected. Ask the p5p list for help with
-unfamiliar platforms.
-
-If your change causes a significant performance rejection, it will
-probably be rejected.
-
-Some changes may have an unknown impact on existing CPAN modules. We
-may ask you to smoke your change against some portion of CPAN. Ask for
-help on p5p. We're actively working on making this sort of smoke
-testing easier.
-
-If we're close to a freeze, your patch may be temporarily put on hold.
-See the F<Porting/release_schedule.pod> document for details on when
-freezes are scheduled.
-
-This may seem daunting, but the Perl 5 Porters will do our best to help
-you contribute to Perl. Don't be afraid to ask for help on the mailing
-list or IRC.
+If you are submitting a code patch there are several things that you
+can do to help the Perl 5 Porters accept your patch.
 
 =head3 Patch style
 
@@ -996,6 +948,13 @@ Setting this variable skips the vrexx.t tests for OS2::REXX.
 
 This sets a variable in op/numconvert.t.
 
+=item * PERL_TEST_MEMORY
+
+Setting this variable includes the tests in F<t/bigmem/>.  This should
+be set to the number of gigabytes of memory available for testing,
+eg. C<PERL_TEST_MEMORY=4> indicates that tests that require 4GiB of
+available memory can be run safely.
+
 =back
 
 See also the documentation for the Test and Test::Harness modules, for