separated CONTRIBUTING.rst from the README so it's picked up by GitHub

Author: ambv

CONTRIBUTING.rst

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+Contributing
+============
+
+Pull requests are more than welcome — both to the library and to the
+documentation. Some useful information:
+
+- We aim to follow PEP 8 in the library, but ignoring the
+  79-character-per-line limit, instead following a soft limit of 99,
+  but allowing lines over this where it is the readable thing to do.
+
+- We aim to follow PEP 257 for all docstrings, and make them properly
+  parseable by Sphinx while generating API documentation.
+
+- We keep ``pyflakes`` reporting no errors or warnings at all times.
+
+- We keep the master branch passing all tests at all times on all
+  supported versions.
+
+`Travis CI <https://travis-ci.org/html5lib/html5lib-python/>`_ is run
+against all pull requests and should enforce all of the above.
+
+We use `Opera Critic <https://critic.hoppipolla.co.uk/>`_ as an external
+code-review tool, which uses your GitHub login to authenticate.  You'll
+get email notifications for issues raised in the review.
+
+Patch submission guidelines
+---------------------------
+
+- **Create a new Git branch specific to your change.** Do not put
+  multiple fixes/features in the same pull request. If you find an
+  unrelated bug, create a distinct branch and submit a separate pull
+  request for the bugfix. This makes life much easier for maintainers
+  and will speed up merging your patches.
+
+- **Write a test** whenever possible. Following existing tests is often
+  easiest, and a good way to tell whether the feature you're modifying
+  is easily testable.
+
+- **Make sure documentation is updated.** Keep docstrings current, and
+  if necessary, update the Sphinx documentation in ``doc/``.
+
+- **Add a changelog entry** at the top of ``CHANGES.rst`` following
+  existing entries' styles. Don't forget to attribute yourself.
+
+- **Run tests with tox** if possible, to make sure your changes are
+  compatible with all supported Python versions.
+
+- **Squash commits** before submitting the pull request so that a single
+  commit contains the entire change, and only that change (see the first
+  bullet).
+
+- **Don't rebase after creating the pull request.** Merge with upstream,
+  if necessary, and use ``git commit --fixup`` for fixing issues raised
+  in a Critic review or by a failing Travis build. The reviewer will
+  squash and rebase your pull request while accepting it. Even though
+  GitHub won't recognize the pull request as accepted, the squashed
+  commits will properly specify you as the author.

README.rst

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 which can be found on PyPI.
 
 
-Contributing
-------------
-
-Pull requests are more than welcome — both to the library and to the
-documentation. Some useful information:
-
-- We aim to follow PEP 8 in the library, but ignoring the
-  79-character-per-line limit, instead following a soft limit of 99,
-  but allowing lines over this where it is the readable thing to do.
-
-- We keep pyflakes reporting no errors or warnings at all times.
-
-- We keep the master branch passing all tests at all times on all
-  supported versions.
-
-Travis CI is run against all pull requests and should enforce all of
-the above.
-
-We also use an external code-review tool, which uses your GitHub login
-to authenticate. You'll get emails for changes on the review.
-
-
 Questions?
 ----------
 
 There's a mailing list available for support on Google Groups,
 `html5lib-discuss <http://groups.google.com/group/html5lib-discuss>`_,
-though you may get a quicker response asking on IRC in #whatwg on
-irc.freenode.net.
+though you may get a quicker response asking on IRC in `#whatwg on
+irc.freenode.net <http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/IRC>`_.