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doc/developer: Basic documentation for Source Plugins

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@anchor{Source Plugins}
@chapter Source Plugins
@section What are Source Plugins
Source plugins are a way to maintain features outside FFmpeg.
Each is basically an automatically mergable git fork of FFmpeg.
@section Checklist to be listed in merge-all-source-plugins
@enumerate
@item
Supporting master and the latest release branch (with security fixes, when vulnerabilities are discovered)
Supporting older release branches is optional.
@item
under LGPL or GPL license (that is a compatible Free software license)
and adds the needed dependancy to the --enable-gpl switch if its GPL.
@end enumerate
@section How to make a Source Plugin
To be automatically mergable it is important to keep all changes clean and well separated.
If you want to create a new source plugin, look at an existing one, or simply fork FFmpeg,
name the repository "sourceplugin-..." and add it to tools/merge-all-source-plugins
and try running it. Also check that it works with the latest releases.
@section merge Source Plugins
tools/merge-all-source-plugins
@bye