Mesa (master): docs: prefer `Fixes:` over `Cc: mesa-stable`

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Module: Mesa
Branch: master
Commit: 0e4eb7b86d9062c92db6f6f566eff5fe224cb4a8
URL:    http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=0e4eb7b86d9062c92db6f6f566eff5fe224cb4a8

Author: Eric Engestrom <eric at engestrom.ch>
Date:   Sun Jun  7 17:39:56 2020 +0200

docs: prefer `Fixes:` over `Cc: mesa-stable`

`Fixes:` targets a specific commit and as such is much more precise and
useful than `Cc: mesa-stable`, so let's prefer it when applicable.

Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <eric at engestrom.ch>
Reviewed-by: Eric Anholt <eric at anholt.net>
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/5378>

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 docs/submittingpatches.rst | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.rst b/docs/submittingpatches.rst
index 1ef8493511d..05e7ffe7db4 100644
--- a/docs/submittingpatches.rst
+++ b/docs/submittingpatches.rst
@@ -251,11 +251,12 @@ the code before merging their patches.
 Nominating a commit for a stable branch
 ---------------------------------------
 
-There are three ways to nominate a patch for inclusion in the stable
-branch and release.
+There are several ways to nominate a patch for inclusion in the stable
+branch and release. In order or preference:
 
+- By adding the ``Fixes:`` tag as described above, if you are fixing
+  a specific commit.
 - By adding the ``Cc: mesa-stable`` tag as described below.
--  By adding the fixes: tag as described below.
 -  By submitting a merge request against the "staging/year.quarter"
    branch on gitlab.