nmbug: explain the "tag the whole series" concept

[notmuch-wiki] / nmbug.mdwn

diff --git a/nmbug.mdwn b/nmbug.mdwn
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+++ b/nmbug.mdwn
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ Initially any patch should be tagged:
 
     notmuch::patch
 
-Patches that are for discussion, rather than proposed for master should be tagged:
+Patches that are for discussion, rather than proposed for master
+should also be tagged:
 
     notmuch::wip                is "work in progress", posted for review or comment.
 
@@ -109,6 +110,13 @@ Sometimes the process stalls, and patches get tagged:
 
     notmuch::moreinfo           waiting for feedback from patch proposer
                                 or others
+    notmuch::stale              The patch no longer applies to master (or in
+                                rare cases, to release)
+
+Note that these tags typically apply to whole series of patches; it
+doesn't usually make sense to apply patches later in the series before
+earlier ones. So a patch may be tagged `moreinfo` or `stale` only
+because a predecessor patch is.
 
 ### Bug tracking tag
 
@@ -123,6 +131,7 @@ things that "everyone" agrees should be fixed.
 
 These patches are more comments and suggestions.
 
+    notmuch::doc                is a documentation patch
     notmuch::emacs              is a patch/bug for the emacs UI
     notmuch::feature            provides a new feature
     notmuch::fix                fixes a bug
@@ -146,6 +155,9 @@ search is:
 
     tag:notmuch::reviewed and not tag:notmuch::pushed
 
+See the [[status|http://nmbug.tethera.net/status]] page for more
+example searches.
+
 ## Design notes
 
 ### Disk format