[freeciv-data] how to contribute a nation? (was: Burmese nation)

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

[from a discussion on freeciv-dev]

> Hello,
> 
> sorry, what's a "standard nation"?
> 
> Regards
> Heiko
> 
> Reinier Post wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 01:16:35PM +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
> > > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 12:43:51PM +0200, Heiko Schaefer wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > in order to respect the suffering people of Burma, I created a patch
> > > > with a Burmese ruleset. I would be happy, if it could get included in
> > > > one of the next releases (or into the current CVS). It is patched
> > > > against Freeciv 1.12.0.
> > >
> > > Since the amount of nation is currently limited no such patches will
> > > be accepted currently. Please put the patch into
> > > <ftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/incoming>. See also
> > > <ftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/contrib/nations>.

A nation such as found under the second URL.

I notice the documentation on the website on creating nations is lacking.
The most useful message on the lists I can find is

  http://arch.freeciv.org/freeciv-dev-200107/msg00142.html

Does one of the nation maintainers feel like writing a short
'how to contribute a Freeciv nation' guide?

-- 
Reinier