From: Nick Roberts <nick@nick.uklinux.net>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
"Kim F. Storm" <storm@cua.dk>, Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: It is time for a feature freeze (it is NOW or never).
Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 21:14:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16533.22158.252815.200578@nick.uklinux.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <x5llkaoeka.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
> > Otherwise new features will have no place to go and will quite
> > likely get bundled in with bug-fixes.
>
> New features can go into branches if really necessary.
By new features, I just mean patches that might break functionality. They
might be too small to justify a separate branch.
> > Also, from the mailing list archives, I see that a year elapsed
> > between the first pretest and the release of Emacs 21.1. So I would
> > like to see a target date for the release so that the "freeze"
> > doesn't drag on indefinitely.
>
> Nope. There is no point in releasing it before it is ready. And
> there is no sense in delaying further once it is ready.
Well, Confucius might say something like that. If there was a nominal date,
developers like Kai, could make a judgement as to whether or not there was
enough time to merge new features of Tramp.
> And there is
> no point in telling a lot of voluntary that they have to deliver on a
> certain date or lose their non-job.
It would just be something to aim for. I don't remember talking about penalty
clauses. Currently, for all I know, features of GDB needed by gdb-ui.el may
be obsolete before the next Emacs release.
Nick
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2004-03-10 16:25 Compilation to native Matthew Mundell
2004-03-20 21:52 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-03-21 19:21 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-22 16:54 ` Juri Linkov
2004-03-22 21:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-03-23 13:56 ` Juri Linkov
2004-03-24 23:50 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-03-24 23:57 ` Miles Bader
2004-03-22 23:44 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-03-23 13:57 ` Juri Linkov
2004-03-24 23:51 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-03-23 17:47 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-07 11:57 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-07 12:45 ` David Kastrup
2004-04-07 13:12 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-07 23:52 ` Alex Schroeder
2004-04-08 0:28 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-08 2:35 ` It is time for a feature freeze (it is NOW or never) Kim F. Storm
2004-04-08 2:03 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-08 3:13 ` John Wiegley
2004-04-08 4:25 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2004-04-08 5:58 ` John Wiegley
2004-04-08 11:26 ` Piet van Oostrum
2004-04-08 8:46 ` Jason Rumney
2004-04-08 15:46 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-08 15:44 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-08 15:06 ` David Kastrup
2004-04-08 16:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-04-09 1:36 ` Miles Bader
2004-04-09 23:43 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-09 23:58 ` Miles Bader
2004-04-10 0:08 ` Miles Bader
2004-04-10 18:31 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-10 17:53 ` Romain Francoise
2004-04-10 22:06 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-11 3:08 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-11 11:04 ` David Kastrup
2004-04-12 7:48 ` Lőrentey Károly
2004-04-11 2:34 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-11 9:06 ` Miles Bader
2004-04-12 4:24 ` Miles Bader
2004-04-12 21:10 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-12 20:48 ` Miles Bader
2004-04-13 17:44 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-10 23:19 ` Juri Linkov
2004-04-08 2:05 ` Miles Bader
2004-04-08 2:34 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-08 3:39 ` Miles Bader
2004-04-08 16:30 ` Redisplay crash Stefan Monnier
2004-04-09 1:57 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-13 10:00 ` Piet van Oostrum
2004-04-18 21:47 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-09 22:44 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-10 18:36 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-12 3:52 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-08 7:53 ` It is time for a feature freeze (it is NOW or never) Romain Francoise
2004-04-08 16:00 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-08 15:54 ` Romain Francoise
2004-04-09 22:44 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-10 1:37 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-10 1:09 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-12 3:51 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-14 14:57 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-20 21:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-05-01 20:16 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-05-01 23:21 ` Miles Bader
2004-05-01 21:49 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-05-02 7:30 ` David Kastrup
2004-05-02 16:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-05-02 18:12 ` Nick Roberts
2004-05-02 18:43 ` David Kastrup
2004-05-02 20:14 ` Nick Roberts [this message]
2004-05-03 10:29 ` Jason Rumney
2004-05-03 14:03 ` Richard Stallman
2004-05-03 19:06 ` Jan D.
2004-05-08 1:21 ` Richard Stallman
2004-05-08 11:14 ` Jan D.
2004-05-08 11:35 ` David Kastrup
2004-05-09 10:38 ` Richard Stallman
2004-05-12 10:00 ` B&W icons (was It is time for a feature freeze (it is NOW or never).) Jan D.
2004-05-02 19:16 ` It is time for a feature freeze (it is NOW or never) Stefan Monnier
2004-05-02 22:26 ` Juanma Barranquero
2004-05-03 5:44 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-05-03 9:13 ` Juanma Barranquero
2004-05-03 8:52 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-05-03 13:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-05-03 22:20 ` Richard Stallman
2004-05-13 17:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-05-13 21:50 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-05-13 22:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-05-14 12:18 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2004-05-14 12:49 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-05-03 21:00 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-05-04 7:14 ` David Kastrup
2004-05-04 8:09 ` Juanma Barranquero
2004-05-04 8:17 ` David Kastrup
2004-05-04 6:34 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-05-04 8:52 ` Juanma Barranquero
2004-05-04 13:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-05-04 13:58 ` Juanma Barranquero
2004-05-04 8:26 ` Juanma Barranquero
2004-05-04 13:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-05-04 14:26 ` Juanma Barranquero
2004-05-04 14:37 ` David Kastrup
2004-05-04 20:07 ` Richard Stallman
2004-05-04 22:21 ` David Kastrup
2004-05-04 21:18 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-05-04 23:49 ` David Kastrup
2004-05-05 0:23 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-05-05 9:24 ` David Kastrup
2004-05-04 22:24 ` Miles Bader
2004-05-05 1:04 ` Robert J. Chassell
2004-04-12 3:50 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-12 4:15 ` Miles Bader
2004-04-13 17:44 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-16 13:15 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-16 14:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-04-17 1:41 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-17 17:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-04-19 4:40 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-19 13:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-04-19 23:44 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-19 23:59 ` Miles Bader
2004-04-20 0:38 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-12 4:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-04-12 21:20 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-13 1:30 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-13 10:37 ` Kim F. Storm
[not found] ` <lorentey.g.e.devel.87brlx1wku.elte@eris.elte.hu>
2004-04-14 10:59 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-14 22:53 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-15 1:19 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-15 19:42 ` Lőrentey Károly
2004-04-16 18:08 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-16 18:49 ` David Kastrup
2004-04-16 20:19 ` Display-local settings (was: It is time for a feature freeze) Stefan Monnier
2004-04-16 20:38 ` David Kastrup
2004-04-16 21:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-04-19 15:10 ` Display-local settings Lőrentey Károly
2004-04-19 17:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-04-20 4:48 ` Lőrentey Károly
2004-04-17 19:46 ` It is time for a feature freeze (it is NOW or never) Richard Stallman
2004-04-19 15:49 ` Display-local variables (Re: It is time for a feature freeze) Lőrentey Károly
2004-04-19 22:09 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-20 4:27 ` Lőrentey Károly
2004-04-20 10:18 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-04-15 18:18 ` It is time for a feature freeze (it is NOW or never) Lőrentey Károly
2004-04-08 1:08 ` Compilation to native Richard Stallman
2004-04-08 1:31 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-09 22:43 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-08 1:08 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-13 23:12 ` Juri Linkov
2004-04-13 23:40 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-14 1:17 ` Juri Linkov
2004-04-14 1:54 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-15 11:11 ` Pure strings (Re: Compilation to native) Juri Linkov
2004-04-18 21:47 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-19 6:36 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-19 14:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-04-19 23:39 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-04-19 18:20 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-20 1:00 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-03-22 23:42 ` Compilation to native Matthew Mundell
2004-03-23 17:48 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-23 22:43 ` David Kastrup
2004-03-24 23:52 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-03-30 22:18 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-03-30 22:30 ` David Kastrup
2004-03-31 18:58 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-03-30 23:31 ` Juri Linkov
2004-04-01 4:42 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-01 4:42 ` Richard Stallman
2004-04-02 16:38 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-04-12 20:20 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-04-12 20:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-04-13 16:56 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-04-13 17:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-04-13 19:03 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-04-13 21:00 ` Miles Bader
2004-04-13 21:50 ` Miles Bader
2004-04-14 22:49 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-04-16 14:22 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-04-13 20:51 ` Miles Bader
2004-04-16 14:21 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-04-16 14:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-04-16 15:06 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-04-16 14:20 ` Matthew Mundell
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2004-05-14 7:03 It is time for a feature freeze (it is NOW or never) David PONCE
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