Mesa (master): docs: document how to (self-) reject stable patches

[Emil Velikov]

Module: Mesa
Branch: master
Commit: 0715ba4be6ff4633ba9623cec53861474ce1a528
URL:    http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=0715ba4be6ff4633ba9623cec53861474ce1a528

Author: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
Date:   Mon Dec  5 16:11:21 2016 +0000

docs: document how to (self-) reject stable patches

Document what has been the unofficial way to self-reject stable patches.

Namely: drop the mesa-stable tag and push the commit.

Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Nanley Chery <nanley.g.chery at intel.com>

---

 docs/submittingpatches.html | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html
index d1ca68d..141cec2 100644
--- a/docs/submittingpatches.html
+++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html
@@ -249,6 +249,13 @@ copied to the mesa-stable@ mailing list when you use "git send-email" to send
 patches to the mesa-dev@ mailing list. If you prefer using --suppress-cc that
 won't have any effect negative effect on the patch nomination.
 
+<p>
+Note: by removing the tag [as the commit is pushed] the patch is
+<strong>explicitly</strong> rejected from inclusion in the stable branch(es).
+<br>
+Thus, drop the line <strong>only</strong> if you want to cancel the nomination.
+</p>
+
 <h2 id="criteria">Criteria for accepting patches to the stable branch</h2>
 
 Mesa has a designated release manager for each stable branch, and the release