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@@ -340,6 +340,13 @@ referring to people, such as
@uref{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they, singular
``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
When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as