From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: 21.2.90 pretest, 21.3, 21.4... Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 15:49:57 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <20021106154918.66BD.LEKTU@terra.es> References: <5xbs52oor1.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036595224 2770 80.91.224.249 (6 Nov 2002 15:07:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 15:07:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Kim F. Storm" , emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 189RlN-0000gU-00 for ; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 16:06:37 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 189Rtv-0004Ea-00 for ; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 16:15:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 189Rjc-0000Rk-00; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 10:04:48 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 189RVc-0004gj-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 09:50:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 189RVU-0004e1-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 09:50:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [62.22.27.141] (helo=mail.peoplecall.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 189RVT-0004bd-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 09:50:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [62.22.27.143] (jbarranquero.ofi.peoplecall.com [62.22.27.143]) by mail.peoplecall.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gA6Env115757; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 15:49:57 +0100 Original-To: Eli Zaretskii In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.05.06 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9187 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9187 On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:25:04 +0200 (IST), Eli Zaretskii wrote: > The reason for the branch was that many developers are interested in > development much more than they are interested in pretest and other > mundane tasks which are important for fast releases after the freeze. > The branch was supposed to give those people an opportunity to check in > changes even as the pretest was under way. Sure. But perhaps we should *always* have a pretest active. We are pretesting 21.3 and developing 21.4. As soon as 21.3 is released, the very same day, we branch for 21.4 with feature-freeze. Then each people can decide if they want to help in getting out a "features" version or continue hackin' new features (or both). And the day 21.4 is announced we branch for 21.5, etc. > Emacs 21.1 was stable for me more than a year before it was released. > The pretest phase found problems none of the developers ever saw. Sure. Still, that's unavoidable, so the more time it takes releasing a pretest, the more it'll be delayed the definitive release. /L/e/k/t/u