Merge pull request #470 from ariard/2020-01-contributing-draft

First draft, don't-cover-everything-but-yet-a-good-start-CONTRIBUTING.md

Author: TheBlueMatt

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+Contributing to Rust-Lightning
+==============================
+
+The Rust-Lightning project operates an open contributor model where anyone is
+welcome to contribute towards development in the form of peer review, documentation,
+testing and patches.
+
+Anyone is invited to contribute without regard to technical experience, "expertise", OSS
+experience, age, or other concern. Though developing cryptocurrencies demand a
+high-level of rigor, adversial thinking, thorough testing and risk-minimization.
+Any bug may cost users real money. That said we're deeply welcoming people contributing
+for the first time to an open source project or pick up Rust while contributing. Don't be shy,
+you'll learn.
+
+Communications Channels
+-----------------------
+
+Communication about Rust-Lightning happens primarily on #ldk-dev on the LDK slack
+or #rust-bitcoin on IRC Freenode.
+
+Discussion about code base improvements happens in GitHub issues and on pull
+requests.
+
+Contribution Workflow
+--------------------
+
+The codebase is maintained using the "contributor workflow" where everyone
+without exception contributes patch proposals using "pull requests". This
+facilitates social contribution, easy testing and peer review.
+
+To contribute a patch, the worflow is a as follows:
+
+  1. Fork Repository
+  2. Create topic branch
+  3. Commit patches
+
+
+In general commits should be atomic and diffs should be easy to read.
+For this reason do not mix any formatting fixes or code moves with
+actual code changes. Further, each commit, individually, should compile
+and pass tests, in order to ensure git bisect and other automated tools
+function properly.
+
+When adding a new feature, like implementing a BOLT spec object, thought
+must be given to the long term technical debt. Every new features should
+be covered by functional tests.
+
+When refactoring, structure your PR to make it easy to review and don't
+hesitant to split in multiple small, focused PRs.
+
+The Minimal Supported Rust Version is 1.22.0 (enforced by our Travis).
+
+Commit should expose both issues fixed and solutions rational.
+these [guidelines](https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/) should be kept in mind.
+
+Peer review
+-----------
+
+Anyone may participate in peer review which is expressed by comments in the pull
+request. Typically reviewers will review the code for obvious errors, as well as
+test out the patch set and opine on the technical merits of the patch. PR should
+be reviewed first on the conceptual level before focusing on code style or grammar
+fixes.
+
+Coding Conventions
+------------
+
+Use tabs. If you want to align lines, use spaces. Any desired alignment should
+display fine at any tab-length display setting.
+
+Security
+--------
+
+Security is the primary focus of Rust-Lightning, disclosure of security vulnerabilites
+helps prevent user loss of funds. If you believe vulnerability may effect other Lightning
+implementations please inform them.
+
+Note that Rust-Lightning is currently considered "pre-production" during this time, there
+is no special handling of security issues. Please simpy open an issue on Github.
+
+Testing
+-------
+
+Deeply tied with the security aspect, Rust-Lightning developers take testing
+very seriously. Due to the modular nature of the project writing new functional
+tests is easy and good test coverage of the codebase is an important goal. Refactoring
+the project to enable fine-grained unit testing is also an ongoing work.
+
+Fuzzing is heavily-encouraged, you will find all related fuzzing stuff under `fuzz/`
+
+Mutation testing is work-in-progess, any contribution there would be warmly welcomed.
+
+Going further
+-------------
+
+You may be interested by Jon Atack guide on [How to review Bitcoin Core PRs](https://github.com/jonatack/bitcoin-development/blob/master/how-to-review-bitcoin-core-prs.md)
+and [How to make Bitcoin Core PRs](https://github.com/jonatack/bitcoin-development/blob/master/how-to-make-bitcoin-core-prs.md).
+Modulo projects context and diffference of maturity there is a lot to stick to.
+
+Overall, have fun :)

README.md

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 experiment with it. Recent increased contribution rate to the project is expected
 to lead to a high quality, stable, production-worthy implementation in 2020.
 
+Communications for Rust-Lightning and Lightning Development Kit happens through
+[LDK slack](http://lightningdevkit.org/).
+
+Design Goal
+-----------
+
 The goal is to provide a full-featured but also incredibly flexible lightning
 implementation, allowing the user to decide how they wish to use it. With that
 in mind, everything should be exposed via simple, composable APIs. The user
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 dependencies with dependencies. Do convince Andrew to cut down dependency usage
 in rust-bitcoin.
 
-Notes on coding style:
- * Use tabs. If you want to align lines, use spaces. Any desired alignment
-   should display fine at any tab-length display setting.
+Contributing
+------------
+
+Contributors are warmly welcome, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+Project Architecture
+---------------------
+
+COMING SOON.
 
 License is Apache-2.0.