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doc: Adjust branching and rebuilding strategy to match reality.

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The amount of packages has more than tripled since this section was written.
Adjust the rebuild limits and cycle lengths based on current practices.

* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Increase 'staging' rebuild limit
to 1800 packages, and adjust the cycle to six weeks.  Increase 'core-updates'
cycle to six months.
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@ -991,16 +991,16 @@ rebuilding induced, commits go to different branches, along these lines:
@item 300 dependent packages or less
@code{master} branch (non-disruptive changes).
@item between 300 and 1,200 dependent packages
@item between 300 and 1,800 dependent packages
@code{staging} branch (non-disruptive changes). This branch is intended
to be merged in @code{master} every 3 weeks or so. Topical changes
to be merged in @code{master} every 6 weeks or so. Topical changes
(e.g., an update of the GNOME stack) can instead go to a specific branch
(say, @code{gnome-updates}).
@item more than 1,200 dependent packages
@item more than 1,800 dependent packages
@code{core-updates} branch (may include major and potentially disruptive
changes). This branch is intended to be merged in @code{master} every
2.5 months or so.
6 months or so.
@end table
All these branches are @uref{@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER},