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doc: Mention separate branch for packages with many dependents. 

Suggested by ng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is>.

* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add note on packages with
more than 100 dependents.
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@ -300,6 +300,13 @@ For important changes, check that dependent package (if applicable) are
not affected by the change; @code{guix refresh --list-dependent
@var{package}} will help you do that (@pxref{Invoking guix refresh}).
Packages with roughly 100 dependents or more usually have to be
committed to a separate branch. That branch can then be built
separately by our build farm, and later merged into @code{master} once
everything has been successfully built. This allows us to fix issues
before they hit users, and to reduce the window during which pre-built
binaries are not available.
@item
@cindex determinism, of build processes
@cindex reproducible builds, checking