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CONTRIBUTING.md: Inform users that they'd need to ask for perms
Due to the latest developments fdo no longer allows new users to fork the Weston project so let's inform users about that. This also swaps 'Finding something to work on' with 'Sending patches' paragraph as the first thing users need to look into. Signed-off-by: Marius Vlad <marius.vlad@collabora.com>
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Contributing to Weston
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Sending patches
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Patches should be sent via
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[GitLab merge requests](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/gitlab-basics/add-merge-request.html).
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Weston is
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[hosted on freedesktop.org's GitLab](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/):
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in order to submit code, you should create an account on this GitLab instance,
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fork the core Weston repository, push your changes to a branch in your new
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repository, and then submit these patches for review through a merge request.
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### Forking & Permissions for new users
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Due to huge amounts of spam, freedesktop.org has disabled forking of existing
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projects for new users. Please head to
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[How can I contribute](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/freedesktop/-/wikis/home#how-can-i-contribute-to-an-existing-project-or-create-a-new-one)
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and verify whether you need to perform additional steps.
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### Do not send patches over email
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Weston formerly accepted patches via `git-send-email`, sent to
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**wayland-devel\@lists.freedesktop.org**; these were
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[tracked using Patchwork](https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/projects/wayland/).
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New email patches are no longer accepted.
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Finding something to work on
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may want to send your question to the list or issue tracker instead.
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Sending patches
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---------------
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Patches should be sent via
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[GitLab merge requests](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/gitlab-basics/add-merge-request.html).
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Weston is
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[hosted on freedesktop.org's GitLab](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/):
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in order to submit code, you should create an account on this GitLab instance,
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fork the core Weston repository, push your changes to a branch in your new
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repository, and then submit these patches for review through a merge request.
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Weston formerly accepted patches via `git-send-email`, sent to
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**wayland-devel\@lists.freedesktop.org**; these were
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[tracked using Patchwork](https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/projects/wayland/).
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New email patches are no longer accepted.
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Formatting and separating commits
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