Update updating-an-existing-package.md - #650
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Add note about checking for a package maintainer before submitting a PR to update a package.
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Add note about checking for a package maintainer before submitting a PR to update a package.
It was not immediately clear that if there's an existing maintainer, non-maintainers shouldn't submit PRs as a first step.