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docs: process: Remove outdated info about -git patches

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As can be seen by clicking around the timeline on web.archive.org[1],
there were no -git patches/tarballs on kernel.org since release 3.1.

[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20111103073843/http://www.kernel.org/

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -302,15 +302,6 @@ The file :ref:`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst <stable_kernel_rule
in the kernel tree documents what kinds of changes are acceptable for
the -stable tree, and how the release process works.
4.x -git patches
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
These are daily snapshots of Linus' kernel tree which are managed in a
git repository (hence the name.) These patches are usually released
daily and represent the current state of Linus' tree. They are more
experimental than -rc kernels since they are generated automatically
without even a cursory glance to see if they are sane.
Subsystem Specific kernel trees and patches
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~