Clarify conventions.

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+General conventions:
+
+For a branch FOO, we have:
+       FOO-root        point at which FOO leaves trunk or parent branch
+       FOO-merge-N     Nth branch merge point
+
 `ec' -- elliptic curve work
+       No merges