Context

The libraries upstream of the protocol environment have evolved. This MR brings some of these changes to the protocol environment.

Mostly it's just documentation. But there are a few other changes as well:

And as well: added a few more files to the .ocamlformat-ignore.

Manually testing the MR

Document the interface of any function added or modified (see the coding guidelines)
Document any change to the user interface, including configuration parameters (see node configuration)
Provide automatic testing (see the testing guide).
For new features and bug fixes, add an item in the appropriate changelog (docs/protocols/alpha.rst for the protocol and the environment, CHANGES.rst at the root of the repository for everything else).
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Edited Mar 08, 2022 by Raphaël Proust