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510188250e ("Add governance document") adds a GOVERNANCE document
describing development based on GitLab merge requests. Update the README
file accordingly.

Some information is duplicated across README and GOVERNANCE, this is
intentional to make README provide a more human-friendly, less
bureaucratic version. GOVERNANCE is still the authoritative version.

Signed-off-by: Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>
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@ -37,17 +37,18 @@ deprecated protocols are placed in the +deprecated/+ directory.
Protocol development procedure
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To propose a new protocol, create a patch adding the relevant files and
Makefile.am entry to the wayland-protocols git repository with the
explanation and motivation in the commit message. Then send the patch to
the wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org mailing list using
'git send-email' with the subject prefix 'RFC wayland-protocols' or
'PATCH wayland-protocols' depending on what state the protocol is in.
To propose a new protocol, create a GitLab merge request adding the
relevant files and Makefile.am entry to the repository with the
explanation and motivation in the commit message. Protocols are
organized in namespaces describing their scope ("wp", "xdg" and "ext").
There are different requirements for each namespace, see GOVERNANCE
section 2 for more information.
To propose changes to existing protocols, create a patch with the
changes and send it to the list mentioned above while also CC:ing the
maintainers mentioned in the README file. Use the same rule for adding a
subject prefix as above and method for sending the patch.
If the new protocol is just an idea, open an issue on the GitLab issue
tracker. If the protocol isn't ready for complete review yet and is an
RFC, create a merge request and add the "WIP:" prefix in the title.
To propose changes to existing protocols, create a GitLab merge request.
If the changes are backward incompatible changes to an unstable protocol,
see <<Unstable protocol changes>>.
@ -63,10 +64,15 @@ For generic protocols not limited to certain configurations (such as
specific desktop environment or operating system) the +wp_+ prefix
should be used on all interfaces in the protocol.
For protocols allowing clients to configure how their windows are
managed, the +xdg_+ prefix should be used.
For operating system specific protocols, the interfaces should be
prefixed with both +wp_+ and the operating system, for example
+wp_linux_+, or +wp_freebsd_+, etc.
For more information about namespaces, see GOVERNANCE section 2.1.
Unstable naming convention
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unstable protocols have a special naming convention in order to make it
@ -135,6 +141,9 @@ The procedure of doing this is the following:
. Update the +README+ file in the unstable directory and create a new
+README+ file in the new directory.
There are other requirements for declaring a protocol stable, see
GOVERNANCE section 2.3.
Releases
~~~~~~~~
Each release of wayland-protocols finalizes the version of the protocols