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[PATCH] doc: Add "Sending a Patch Series" subsection.

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From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Cc: 28491 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#28491] [PATCH] doc: Add "Sending a Patch Series" subsection.
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:34:03 +0200

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Nicolas Goaziou writes:

> Looks good. @pxref after a comma was fine, too.

Ok.

> Would it make sense to recall the need to close the thread by answering
> to <mailto:done-NNN <at> debbugs.gnu.org>? This information is surprisingly
> hard to find.

Yes, I think so.  Added as a second patch, how is this?

Greeting,
janneke

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From 73cb6cc69746c03efd5ea3c233a74717a6612534 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:25:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc: Add a note about closing bug threads.

* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add a note about closing bug
threads by mailing to NNN-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

Suggested-by: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
---
 doc/contributing.texi | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 323b01628..1b1875fa0 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -436,6 +436,9 @@ You are advised to pay attention if your email client changes anything
 like line breaks or indentation which could potentially break the
 patches.
 
+When a bug is resolved, please close the thread by sending an email to
+@email{@var{NNN}-done@@debbugs.gnu.org}.
+
 @unnumberedsubsec Sending a Patch Series
 @anchor{Sending a Patch Series}
 @cindex patch series
-- 
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org> | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org> | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org
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