<li>If a patch addresses an issue in gitlab, use the Closes: tag
For example:
<pre>
-Closes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/issues/1
+Closes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/1
</pre>
<p>Prefer the full url to just <code>Closes: #1</code>, since the url makes it
easier to get to the bug page from <code>git log</code></p>
<p>
To participate in code review, you can monitor the GitLab Mesa
- <a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/merge_requests">Merge
+ <a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests">Merge
Requests</a> page, and/or register for notifications in your gitlab
settings.
</p>
manager will reply to the patch in question stating why the patch has been
rejected or would request a backport.
-A summary of all the picked/rejected patches will be presented in the
-<a href="releasing.html#prerelease">pre-release</a> announcement.
-
The stable-release manager may at times need to force-push changes to the
stable branches, for example, to drop a previously-picked patch that was later
identified as causing a regression). These force-pushes may cause changes to