Correct the section talking about when to use the commit message mailing

list in the "Committer's guide"

Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
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Eitan Adler 2012-12-02 16:58:11 +00:00
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@ -2463,14 +2463,13 @@ U stable/9/share/man/man4/netmap.4
<term>&a.committers;</term>
<listitem>
<para>cvs-committers is the entity that the version control system uses to send you all your
commit messages. You should <emphasis>never</emphasis> send email
directly to this list. You should only send replies to this list
when they are short and are directly related to a commit.</para>
<para>There is a similar list, svn-committers, which has a
similar purpose but is a normal list, i.e., you are free to
send any suitable message to this list.</para>
<para>&a.svn-src-all.name;, &a.svn-ports-all.name; and
&a.svn-doc-all.name; are the mailing lists that the
version control system uses to send commit messages to.
You should <emphasis>never</emphasis> send email directly
to these lists. You should only send replies to this list
when they are short and are directly related to a
commit.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>