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doc: Merge disjointed bits about emailing patches

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We obviously prefer git-send-email(1), and the disjointed nature
of the two statements was misleading.

Signed-off-by: Derek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis@gmail.com>
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@ -362,12 +362,6 @@ The tool is located in the tools directory.
Run the @ref{Regression Tests} before submitting a patch in order to verify
it does not cause unexpected problems.
Patches should be posted as base64 encoded attachments (or any other
encoding which ensures that the patch will not be trashed during
transmission) to the
@uref{https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel, libav-devel}
mailing list.
It also helps quite a bit if you tell us what the patch does (for example
'replaces lrint by lrintf'), and why (for example '*BSD isn't C99 compliant
and has no lrint()'). This kind of explanation should be the body of the
@ -376,8 +370,12 @@ commit message.
Also please if you send several patches, send each patch as a separate mail,
do not attach several unrelated patches to the same mail.
Use @code{git send-email} when possible since it will properly send patches
without requiring extra care.
Patches should be posted to the
@uref{https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel, libav-devel}
mailing list. Use @code{git send-email} when possible since it will properly
send patches without requiring extra care. If you cannot, then send patches
as base64-encoded attachments, so your patch is not trashed during
transmission.
Your patch will be reviewed on the mailing list. You will likely be asked
to make some changes and are expected to send in an improved version that