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Updated the contributing document to accurately reflect our security process. 

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@ -104,19 +104,19 @@ following actions:
fix is forthcoming. We'll give a rough timeline and ask the reporter
to keep the issue confidential until we announce it.
* Halt all other development as long as is needed to develop a fix,
including patches against the current and two previous releases.
* Focus on developing a fix as quickly as possible and produce patches
against the current and two previous releases.
* Determine a go-public date for announcing the vulnerability and the fix.
To try to mitigate a possible "arms race" between those applying the
patch and those trying to exploit the hole, we will not announce
security problems immediately.
* Pre-notify everyone we know to be running the affected version(s) of
Django. We will send these notifications through private email
which will include documentation of the vulnerability, links to the
relevant patch(es), and a request to keep the vulnerability
confidential until the official go-public date.
* Pre-notify third-party distributors of Django ("vendors"). We will send
these vendor notifications through private email which will include
documentation of the vulnerability, links to the relevant patch(es), and a
request to keep the vulnerability confidential until the official
go-public date.
* Publicly announce the vulnerability and the fix on the pre-determined
go-public date. This will probably mean a new release of Django, but