docs/manual/contribute.adoc: mention sr.ht as a fallback for sending patches

Signed-off-by: Marcus Hoffmann <buildroot@bubu1.eu>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr: make it explicit it is not the official way]
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
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@ -375,6 +375,15 @@ If you do not use +git send-email+, make sure posted *patches are not
line-wrapped*, otherwise they cannot easily be applied. In such a case, line-wrapped*, otherwise they cannot easily be applied. In such a case,
fix your e-mail client, or better yet, learn to use +git send-email+. fix your e-mail client, or better yet, learn to use +git send-email+.
https://sr.ht also has a light-weight UI for
https://man.sr.ht/git.sr.ht/#sending-patches-upstream[preparing patchseries]
and can also send out the patches for you. There are a few drawbacks to
this, as you cannot edit your patches' status in Patchwork and you
currently can't edit your display name with which the match emails are
sent out but it is an option if you cannot get git send-email to work
with your mail provider (i.e. O365); it shall not be considered the
official way of sending patches, but just a fallback.
==== Cover letter ==== Cover letter
If you want to present the whole patch set in a separate mail, add If you want to present the whole patch set in a separate mail, add