Update contributing guide to add Subversion like policy
Description
As per this email to the list, this MR introduces a policy for granting commit access which closely resembles the Subversion policy.
Not every aspect of the Subversion policy has been included, as I feel lots of it isn't relevant to us.
Changes proposed in this merge request:
- Removes the text about the policy for granting committer access to anyone with a single patch
- Introduces a policy closely resembling the Subversion policy
- Removes the MAINTAINER file, in line with the above
- Adds a COMMITTERS file, in line with the above
- Removes references to trunk based development, since the project is not following that methodology
This merge request, when merged, will address issue/bug:
Sorry, no issue raised in advance, I forgot.