[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] docs: Document interaction Fixes tag and stable branches.

[Bas Nieuwenhuizen]

For the next time I forget.

CC: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Bas Nieuwenhuizen <basni at google.com>
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 docs/submittingpatches.html | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html
index 5310b1d8c17..4b025647039 100644
--- a/docs/submittingpatches.html
+++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ Note: by removing the tag [as the commit is pushed] the patch is
 Thus, drop the line <strong>only</strong> if you want to cancel the nomination.
 </p>
 
+Alternatively, if one uses the "Fixes" tag as desribed in the "Patch formatting"
+section, it nominates a commit for all active stable branches that include the
+commit that is referred to. If the "CC" tag is also present the "Fixes" tag will
+be used to determine which active stable branches the commit applies to.
+
 <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
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2.12.2