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doc: Update patch submission instructions. 

* doc/contributing.texi (Submitting Patches): Add paragraph on
guix-patches@gnu.org.
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@ -282,7 +282,19 @@ keyword parameters for procedures that take more than four parameters.
Development is done using the Git distributed version control system.
Thus, access to the repository is not strictly necessary. We welcome
contributions in the form of patches as produced by @code{git
format-patch} sent to the @email{guix-devel@@gnu.org, mailing list}.
format-patch} sent to the @email{guix-patches@@gnu.org} mailing list.
This mailing list is backed by a Debbugs instance accessible at
@uref{https://bugs.gnu.org/guix-patches}, which allows us to keep track
of submissions. Each message sent to that mailing list gets a new
tracking number assigned; people can then follow up on the submission by
sending email to @code{@var{NNN}@@debbugs.gnu.org}, where @var{NNN} is
the tracking number. When sending a patch series, please first send one
message to @email{guix-patches@@gnu.org}, and then send subsequent
patches to @email{@var{NNN}@@debbugs.gnu.org} to make sure they are kept
together. See @uref{https://debbugs.gnu.org/Advanced.html, the Debbugs
documentation}, for more information.
Please write commit logs in the ChangeLog format (@pxref{Change Logs,,,
standards, GNU Coding Standards}); you can check the commit history for
examples.