From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bill Wohler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.mail.mh-e.devel Subject: Re: Continued development during release process Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:38:27 -0700 Organization: Newt Software Message-ID: <10985.1145846307@olgas.newt.com> References: <2167.1145655433@olgas.newt.com> <87slo4gu2e.fsf@olgas.newt.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145846333 5780 80.91.229.2 (24 Apr 2006 02:38:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:38:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mh-e-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 24 04:38:50 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FXqyO-0000PG-Mf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:38:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FXqyO-0002Ci-5B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:38:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FXqyD-0002Cc-34 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:38:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FXqyB-0002CP-9v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:38:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FXqyA-0002CM-Se for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:38:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [207.69.195.61] (helo=pop-gadwall.atl.sa.earthlink.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FXr0J-0000f2-Hc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:40:47 -0400 Original-Received: from h-64-105-34-169.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net ([64.105.34.169] helo=olgas.newt.com) by pop-gadwall.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #10) id 1FXqy4-0000Sx-00; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:38:28 -0400 Original-Received: by olgas.newt.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 354C316FB7; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:38:27 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from olgas.newt.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olgas.newt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3481816F9B; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:38:27 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-reply-to: Comments: In-reply-to storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) message dated "Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:59:48 +0200." X-Mailer: MH-E 7.94+cvs; nmh 1.1; GNU Emacs 22.0.50 X-Image-URL: http://www.newt.com/wohler/images/bill-diving.png Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org, mh-e-devel@lists.sourceforge.net X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:53298 gmane.mail.mh-e.devel:12161 Archived-At: Kim F. Storm wrote: > Bill Wohler writes: > > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > >> When the pretest is under way, at some point a release-candidate > >> branch is created. (I say ``at some point'' because I don't think > >> there's an agreement whether this should happen right away when the > >> pretest starts, or later, much closer to the release itself, i.e. at > >> pretest end.) This branch is used for the initial release, in this > >> case for version 22.1, and for all subsequent bug-fix releases that > >> (at least ideally) fix bugs without introducing major features; these > >> would be versions 22.2, 22.3, etc., until it is decided by The Powers > >> That Be that it's time to make another release from the trunk. > > > > Thanks. We'll hold off until that branch is created. > > You can just create your own branch and continue post-22.x work on that > until we branch for the 22.x release. I am aware of that. I was hoping to avoid it. -- Bill Wohler http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.