minor #6054 Remove 2.8 branch from patch documentation (Triiistan)

This PR was merged into the 2.3 branch.

Discussion
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Remove 2.8 branch from patch documentation

| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Doc fix?      | yes
| New docs?     | no
| Applies to    | all
| Fixed tickets | #6045

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3dbd188 Remove 2.8 branch from patch documentation

contributing/code/patches.rst

@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ work:
 * ``2.3``, if you are fixing a bug for an existing feature (you may have
   to choose a higher branch if the feature you are fixing was introduced
   in a later version);
-* ``2.8``, if you are adding a new feature which is backward compatible;
-* ``master``, if you are adding a new and backward incompatible feature.
+* ``master``, if you are adding a new feature.
 
 .. note::