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@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ Wayland protocols ----------------- -wayland-protocols contains Wayland protocols that adds functionality not -available in the Wayland core protocol. Such protocols either adds -completely new functionality, or extends the functionality of some other +wayland-protocols contains Wayland protocols that add functionality not +available in the Wayland core protocol. Such protocols either add +completely new functionality, or extend the functionality of some other protocol either in Wayland core, or some other protocol in wayland-protocols. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ A deprecated protocol is a protocol that has either been replaced by some other protocol, or declared undesirable for some other reason. No more changes will be made to a deprecated protocol. -Depending on which of the above state the protocol is in, the protocol +Depending on which of the above states the protocol is in, the protocol is placed within the toplevel directory containing the protocols with the same state. Stable protocols are placed in the +stable/+ directory, unstable protocols are placed in the +unstable/+ directory, and @@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ Unstable naming convention Unstable protocols have a special naming convention in order to make it possible to make discoverable backward incompatible changes. -An unstable protocol has at least two versions; the major version which -represents backward incompatible changes, and the minor versions which +An unstable protocol has at least two versions: the major version, which +represents backward incompatible changes, and the minor version, which represents backward compatible changes to the interfaces in the protocol. The major version is part of the XML file name, the protocol name in the @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ During the development of a new protocol it is possible that backward incompatible changes are needed. Such a change needs to be represented in the major and minor versions of the protocol. -Assuming a backward incompatible change is needed, the procedure how to +Assuming a backward incompatible change is needed, the procedure for how to do so is the following: . Make a copy of the XML file with the major version increased by +1+. |