From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Feature Freeze Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 14:47:50 +1200 Message-ID: <17617.25558.775365.378200@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <17617.11040.345366.519002@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87r6zy3b38.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1154573391 16951 80.91.229.2 (3 Aug 2006 02:49:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 02:49:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 03 04:49:50 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 1G8THK-0004b1-Ba for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:49:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G8THJ-0002Km-Kv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:49:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G8TH6-0002J0-Bs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:49:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G8TH4-0002IL-TY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:49:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G8TH4-0002IH-Md for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:49:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G8TKJ-000582-C9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:52:47 -0400 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p202-124-124-113.snap.net.nz [202.124.124.113]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2532B77F74C; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 14:49:24 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id 6ACAEBE3B3; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 14:47:52 +1200 (NZST) Original-To: Chong Yidong In-Reply-To: <87r6zy3b38.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.15 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:58027 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > > If the intention really is to make a release how about introducing a > > freeze where *all* developers must get approval before making *any* > > changes? > > The changes to sit-for were discussed at length on this list. I'm talking generally. Fixing a bug introduced into Emacs three years ago seems like progress. Fixing a bug introduced three days ago doesn't. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob