Mesa (master): docs: document how to mark a candidate for a stable branch

[Andreas Boll]

Module: Mesa
Branch: master
Commit: f07784d9badfdbb5dc8d26d1c1cbd355216307c8
URL:    http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=f07784d9badfdbb5dc8d26d1c1cbd355216307c8

Author: Andreas Boll <andreas.boll.dev at gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Oct  2 13:37:34 2012 +0200

docs: document how to mark a candidate for a stable branch

Reviewed-by: Brian Paul <brianp at vmware.com>

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+<h2>Marking a commit as a candidate for a stable branch</h2>
+
+<p>
+If you want a commit to be applied to a stable branch,
+you should add an appropriate note to the commit message.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Here are some examples of such a note:
+</p>
+<ul>
+  <li>NOTE: This is a candidate for the 9.0 branch.</li>
+  <li>NOTE: This is a candidate for the 8.0 and 9.0 branches.</li>
+  <li>NOTE: This is a candidate for the stable branches.</li>
+</ul>
+
 <h2>Making a New Mesa Release</h2>
 
 <p>