Start a developer docs page (bazelbuild#413)

* start a developer docs page

CODEOWNERS

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-* @aiuto
-# Alternate reviewers: @philwo @fwe
+* @aiuto @nacl
 
 /deb_packages/  @MarkusTeufelberger @adragomir
+/pkg/rpm/ @nacl

CONTRIBUTORS

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 #
 # Names should be added to this file as:
 #     Name <email address>
-
+Andrew Psaltis <[email protected]>
+Tony Aiuto <[email protected]>

README.md

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 *   [examples](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/tree/main/examples) -
     Cookbook examples for using the rules.
 
-Bazel now uses this rule set for packaging its distribution. Bazel
+As of Bazel 4.x, Bazel uses this rule set for packaging its distribution. Bazel
 still contains a limited version of `pkg_tar` but its feature set is frozen.
 Any new capabilities will be added here.
+
+### For developers
+
+patching.md
+README.md
+
+*   [Contributor information](CONTRIBUTING.md) (including contributor license agreements)
+*   [Patch process](patching.md)
+*   [Coding guidelines](developers.md) and other developer information

developers.md

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+# rules_pkg - Information for Developers
+
+NOTE: This is a work in progress. It is only an outline at this point.
+
+TBD: Introduction
+
+## General
+
+-    tests
+-    OS portability
+-    minimize tests
+-    repo structure
+     - more at build time than in the distribution
+     - some features do not work on all platforms
+
+## Starlark style
+
+-    using analysis tests
+-    docstrings in attributes
+
+## Python style
+
+-    import style as per #399
+-    ...
+
+## Continuous testing
+
+-    under .bazel_ci