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phases: rewrite "immutable changeset" to "public changeset"

The phrase "cannot edit immutable changeset" is kind of tautological.
Of course unchangeable things can't be changed. We instead mention
"public" and provide a hint so that we can point to the actual
problem. Even in cases where some operation other than edition cannot
be performed, "public" gives the root cause that results in the
"immutable" effect.

There is a precedent for saying "public" instead of "immutable", for
example, in `hg commit --amend`.

Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is
a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html

It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard
UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/

Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages.