From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: several (minor) pending patches Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:23:23 +0200 Message-ID: <831tmltqis.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87vbk8tqne.fsf@violet.siamics.net> <87bnlxtb7t.fsf@violet.siamics.net> <83lhl1yx5z.fsf@gnu.org> <87sif1o7lu.fsf@violet.siamics.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1422030257 5312 80.91.229.3 (23 Jan 2015 16:24:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:24:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ivan Shmakov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 23 17:24:12 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YEh1n-0005Hz-Ti for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 17:24:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60215 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YEh1n-0004QP-1g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:24:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40766) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YEh15-0003qw-VL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:23:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YEh10-0005di-Vt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:23:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout28.012.net.il ([80.179.55.184]:37300) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YEh10-0005dQ-OT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:23:22 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout28.012.net.il by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NIN00N000YPWU00@mtaout28.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:21:27 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NIN00IFS1FR7A60@mtaout28.012.net.il>; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:21:27 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87sif1o7lu.fsf@violet.siamics.net> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.184 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:181683 Archived-At: > From: Ivan Shmakov > Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:10:53 +0000 >=20 > > Bugs should be fixed on the emacs-24 branch, unless either (a) t= he > > bug doesn't exist on the branch, or (b) the fix is controversial= or > > complicated enough to be able to destabilize the branch. >=20 > =09Unfortunately, I don=E2=80=99t think I=E2=80=99d be able to give= the changes I > =09introduce the amount of testing the branch deserves. For one > =09thing, it was found that e000ff30b435 is affected by a bug in a > =09distant part of the code (subsequently fixed in 2e8d209f258c), = =E2=80=93 > =09and there could be other places which would now fail loudly, > =09including third-party packages, so I=E2=80=99d rather not have t= hat > =09change in the stable branch. It's a judgment call. If your are in doubt whether making the change on the branch is safe, then don't.