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authorEric Engestrom <[email protected]>2018-01-12 15:10:28 +0000
committerEric Engestrom <[email protected]>2018-01-23 15:39:57 +0000
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docs: ask for backport nominations to cc: the author
Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Kenneth Graunke <[email protected]>
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@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ release.
Note: resending patch identical to one on mesa-dev@ or one that differs only
by the extra mesa-stable@ tag is <strong>not</strong> recommended.
</p>
+<p>
+If you are not the author of the original patch, please Cc: them in your
+nomination request.
+</p>
<h3 id="thetag">The stable tag</h3>