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docs: reword a sentence a bit

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The "that you know ahead of time" bit just sounded weird as everything on this
page except the backport MR only applies if you know it "ahead of time".

Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <eric@engestrom.ch>
Reviewed-by: Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/5378>
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@ -275,11 +275,10 @@ The stable tag
If you want a commit to be applied to a stable branch, you should add an
appropriate note to the commit message.
Using a "fixes tag" as described in `Patch formatting <#formatting>`__
is the preferred way to nominate a commit that you know ahead of time
should be backported. There are scripts that will figure out which
releases to apply the patch to automatically, so you don't need to
figure it out.
Using a ``Fixes:`` tag as described in `Patch formatting <#formatting>`__
is the preferred way to nominate a commit that should be backported.
There are scripts that will figure out which releases to apply the patch
to automatically, so you don't need to figure it out.
Alternatively, you may use a "CC:" tag. Here are some examples of such a
note: