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STYLE: update notes about patch level on development branches

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- previously stated that the patch level would be 0, but this would
  necessitate many revert commits after merging in the master branch.
  It is better to leave the meaning open.
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@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ source archives.
- 6-digit year-month-day (YYMMDD) integer corresponding to a patch-level
for the given **released** API.
Development branches have a patch value of `0`.
- Format is year-month-day, as per `date +%y%m%d`.
@ -53,6 +52,9 @@ source archives.
day, the patch level would jump accordingly.
The patch value is only meaningful together with the api value.
However, for *development* branches, the patch level should not be
ascribed much meaning -- it can be `0` or have a value corresponding
to the last merge with a *maintenance* (*eg*, `master`) branch.
## Flow of information
@ -81,4 +83,4 @@ contains more permanent information, whereas the `build-info` is more
transient in nature.
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2018-11-29
2019-01-23