nixpkgs-doc: add patches to coding conventions

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doc/coding-conventions.xml
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</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
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<section xml:id="sec-patches"><title>Patches</title>
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<para>Only patches that are unique to <literal>nixpkgs</literal> should be
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included in <literal>nixpkgs</literal> source.</para>
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<para>Patches available online should be retrieved using
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<literal>fetchpatch</literal>.</para>
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<para>
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<programlisting>
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patches = [
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(fetchpatch {
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name = "fix-check-for-using-shared-freetype-lib.patch";
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url = "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=patch;h=8f5d285";
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sha256 = "1f0k043rng7f0rfl9hhb89qzvvksqmkrikmm38p61yfx51l325xr";
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})
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];
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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</section>
</chapter>