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diff --git a/DOCS/contribute.md b/DOCS/contribute.md index 8323309307..4d2af4ea4e 100644 --- a/DOCS/contribute.md +++ b/DOCS/contribute.md @@ -131,12 +131,24 @@ Touching user-visible parts may require updating the mpv docs - Changes to command line options (addition/modification/removal) must be documented in options.rst. - Changes to input properties or input commands must be documented in input.rst. -- All incompatible changes to the user interface (options, properties, commands) - must be documented with a small note in interface-changes.rst. (Additions may - be documented there as well, but this isn't required.) - Changes to the libmpv API must be reflected in the libmpv's headers doxygen, and in client-api-changes.rst. +Interface change policy +----------------------- + +- All incompatible changes to the user interface (options, properties, commands) + must be documented by making a new text file with a txt extension containing a + small note in the DOCS/interface-changes directory. +- The name of the file should be brief and related to the commit that makes the + change. +- Grouping multiple related changes in the same file is also OK. Just be sure to + put each separate change on a different line. +- Documenting additions in DOCS/interface-changes is optional but encouraged. +- interface-changes.rst is never directly updated except when making new major + releases. +- See DOCS/interface-changes/example.txt for an example. + Code formatting --------------- |