Add appending behaviour of max-log-backups = 0 (#9146)

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@@ -1151,7 +1151,8 @@ certbot will begin rotating logs once there are 1000 logs in the log directory.
Meaning that once 1000 files are in ``/var/log/letsencrypt`` Certbot will delete Meaning that once 1000 files are in ``/var/log/letsencrypt`` Certbot will delete
the oldest one to make room for new logs. The number of subsequent logs can be the oldest one to make room for new logs. The number of subsequent logs can be
changed by passing the desired number to the command line flag changed by passing the desired number to the command line flag
``--max-log-backups``. ``--max-log-backups``. Setting this flag to 0 disables log rotation entirely,
causing certbot to always append to the same log file.
.. note:: Some distributions, including Debian and Ubuntu, disable .. note:: Some distributions, including Debian and Ubuntu, disable
certbot's internal log rotation in favor of a more traditional certbot's internal log rotation in favor of a more traditional