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Subject: Re: Release-critical bugs
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> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:28:29 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >> This release is really dragging...
> >
> > I don't think I agree with that.
> 
> That makes me feel a bit better! :)
> But I still think it's going too slowly.
> Some packages (and even entire distributions) manage releases on a
> six-month cycle (not that that is necessarily something to emulate).
> But 9+ months of pretesting feels like too much.

Suggestions for how to make it faster will be welcome, I'm sure.