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    >     - feature freeze on the trunk.
    >     - create a branch for Emacs_21_4 where we can commit bug-fixes during
    >       the subsequent debugging+pretest+maintenance period.
    >     - merge the emacs-unicode changes onto the trunk.
    > 
    > This is unacceptable unless the emacs-unicode changes are almost ready
    > for real installation.

    I'm not sure I understand why.  The three steps don't need to all take
    place at the very same time.

If all you're proposing for right now is a feature freeze on the
trunk, the question is, do we want one now?  I don't think so.
I would like to get the GDB enhancements in.