Serial submission policy

Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/28897)

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@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ open an issue for it before starting work, to get comments from the community.
 Someone may be already working on the same thing,
 or there may be special reasons why a feature is not implemented.
 
+Similarly, if you plan to submit many pull requests, please start with
+a representative sample (no more than 3 or 4) and open an issue
+explaining your process. The OpenSSL project has limited resources,
+especially when it comes to reviewers, so we appreciate advanced
+communication before submitting many pull requests. In addition,
+contributors should personally evaluate potential patches generated by
+automated tools.
+
 To make it easier to review and accept your pull request, please follow these
 guidelines: