docs/submittingpatches.html: remove version tag for nominations

The version tag used to nominate has bitten even experienced mesa
developers. Not to mention that it deviates from the one used in the
kernel leading to further confusion.

Simplify things and omit it all together.

Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Nicolai Hähnle <nicolai.haehnle@amd.com>
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Emil Velikov 2017-02-13 19:23:40 +00:00 committed by Emil Velikov
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@ -233,17 +233,11 @@ Here are some examples of such a note:
</p>
<ul>
<li>CC: &lt;mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org&gt;</li>
<li>CC: "9.2 10.0" &lt;mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org&gt;</li>
<li>CC: "10.0" &lt;mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org&gt;</li>
</ul>
Simply adding the CC to the mesa-stable list address is adequate to nominate
the commit for the most-recently-created stable branch. It is only necessary
to specify a specific branch name, (such as "9.2 10.0" or "10.0" in the
examples above), if you want to nominate the commit for an older stable
branch. And, as in these examples, you can nominate the commit for the older
branch in addition to the more recent branch, or nominate the commit
exclusively for the older branch.
the commit for all the active stable branches. If the commit is not applicable
for said branch the stable-release manager will reply stating so.
This "CC" syntax for patch nomination will cause patches to automatically be
copied to the mesa-stable@ mailing list when you use "git send-email" to send