It can sometimes be hard to fork a project just for a patch to one simple bug. Once again, GitHub really shines here: you can go to any project and see all of its pull requests, so you don't have to go hunting for patches attached to bugs, and it becomes quite clear and public when a project isn't properly or expediently merging in patches.
The GitHub layout is really telling of the new open source philosophy. They put the code front and center (main page), and right above it show you with first class status all the bugs it has (issues link) as well as all the proposed changes (pull requests link).
The GitHub layout is really telling of the new open source philosophy. They put the code front and center (main page), and right above it show you with first class status all the bugs it has (issues link) as well as all the proposed changes (pull requests link).