From 888aa9bcd185f73f2b0e13a084d76519b3bc213f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@irif.fr>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 13:09:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add congtributing section to README.

---
 README.md | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5caf4a3..7cf0cee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ in this directory.
   * [galene-client.md][3]: writing clients;
   * [galene-protocol.md][4]: the client protocol;
   * [galene-api.md][5]: Galene's administrative API.
+  
+## Contributing
+
+In order to contribute to Galene, you may:
+
+  * send patches to [the Galene mailing list][6] by sending mail to
+    <galene@lists.galene.org>;
+  * submit pull requests on GitHub.
+
+For general discussion, please use the [Galene mailing list][6] (feel free
+to send mail without subscribing).  Please do not use Github for general
+discussion.
 
 ## Further information
 
@@ -44,3 +56,4 @@ Answers to common questions and issues are at <https://galene.org/faq.html>.
 [3]: <galene-client.md>
 [4]: <galene-protocol.md>
 [5]: <galene-api.md>
+[6]: <https://lists.galene.org/>