SubmittingPatches: extend the "flow" section

Explain a full lifecycle of a patch series upfront, so that it is
clear when key decisions to "accept" a series is made and how a new
patch series becomes a part of a new release.

Fold the "you need to monitor the progress of your topic" section
into the primary "patch lifecycle" section, as that is one of the
things the patch submitter is responsible for.  It is not like "I
sent a patch and responded to review messages, and now it is their
problem".  They need to see their patch through the patch life
cycle.

Earlier versions of this document outlined a slightly different
patch flow in an idealized world, where the original submitter
gathered agreements from the participants of the discussion and sent
the final "we all agreed that this is the good version--please
apply" patches to the maintainer.  In practice, this almost never
happened.  Instead, describe what flow was used in practice for the
past decade that worked well for us.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

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