From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lukasz Stafiniak" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CVS is the `released version' Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 01:05:14 +0200 Message-ID: <4a708d20705101605x66c6240di9a8fd2efb0a79222@mail.gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178838345 8203 80.91.229.12 (10 May 2007 23:05:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 23:05:45 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 11 01:05:42 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HmHhP-0006xV-I8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 May 2007 01:05:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HmHol-0008UF-EA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 May 2007 19:13:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HmHoi-0008Re-Af for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 May 2007 19:13:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HmHog-0008QS-Q2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 May 2007 19:12:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HmHog-0008Q8-Mm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 May 2007 19:12:58 -0400 Original-Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.225]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HmHhK-0004eQ-1J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 May 2007 19:05:22 -0400 Original-Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i23so801561wra for ; Thu, 10 May 2007 16:05:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=RdXgMjsd4XpzXRwCoYyiWMw/5YynQ7TxrOvGex4fUZXrvlLcRkmIy2iGS721CGdJrII2XDM2sMQO/I6h8F16lpjSMC63AV5KN/qAPng2b+iEfy2giH5MXW54F/9cc1kJm87kKCJ6sSBWfS0yPRNQ/RpbK4AbVqCRWBUJO+9NaFg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=AUDStBu8UGBzYNoSyxQEy2H1uap+B3miM+fmplw//tFZ2arHwKo4jucx7knlr/cYZwiD5VlEz708pJWiyzJe41sl1euFDsTxuUmtSyvHz0rD1GyspaXqYnrZX1kTM/JA4nxy7XcbqeM3EpvEisSHDVil4PQXyWGtzGbLfgPpPYA= Original-Received: by 10.78.183.15 with SMTP id g15mr573306huf.1178838319572; Thu, 10 May 2007 16:05:19 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.78.173.3 with HTTP; Thu, 10 May 2007 16:05:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 (Google crawlbot) 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:70782 Archived-At: On 5/9/07, Robert J. Chassell wrote: > Remember, for many people, but not for many moderns, CVS provides the > `released version' of GNU Emacs. It is the prime version used by > those who contribute. It is not a binary that cannot be changed. > Once in a while, development needs to be frozen while bugs are fixed. > > Since more and more people are coming to think of or are forced to use > big numbered releases and eschew the daily releases, they view a delay > between one big numbered release and another as bad. But those who > enjoy daily releases hardly notice. > Our Emacs who art in CVS hallowed be thy name thy Release come thy will be done on earth as it is in CVS.