doc: Send changes in your patch which are related.

* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): New @item:
This gives information about sending related changes and examples on
what we view as related changes.

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@ -340,6 +340,13 @@ referring to people, such as
@uref{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they, singular @uref{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they, singular
``they''@comma{} ``their''@comma{} ``them''}, and so forth. ``they''@comma{} ``their''@comma{} ``them''}, and so forth.
@item
Verify that your patch contains only one set of related changes.
Bundling unrelated changes together makes reviewing harder and slower.
Examples of unrelated changes include the addition of several packages,
or a package update along with fixes to that package.
@end enumerate @end enumerate
When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as