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</p>
+<h2>Marking a commit as a candidate for a stable branch</h2>
+
+<p>
+If you want a commit to be applied to a stable branch,
+you should add an appropriate note to the commit message.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Here are some examples of such a note:
+</p>
+<ul>
+ <li>NOTE: This is a candidate for the 9.0 branch.</li>
+ <li>NOTE: This is a candidate for the 8.0 and 9.0 branches.</li>
+ <li>NOTE: This is a candidate for the stable branches.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<h2>Cherry-picking candidates for a stable branch</h2>
+
+<p>
+Please use <code>git cherry-pick -x &lt;commit&gt;</code> for cherry-picking a commit
+from master to a stable branch.
+</p>
+
<h2>Making a New Mesa Release</h2>
<p>