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: Move to a cadence release model? Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:13:16 +0200 Message-ID: <83ziyllqvn.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20151110143222.GG2626@acm.fritz.box> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1447175636 11111 80.91.229.3 (10 Nov 2015 17:13:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:13:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, john@yates-sheets.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 10 18:13:46 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 1ZwCUF-0007gP-Gp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:13:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34343 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZwCUF-0006wi-Bt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 12:13:39 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37884) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZwCTw-0006am-2H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 12:13:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZwCTt-00088R-3p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 12:13:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout28.012.net.il ([80.179.55.184]:56634) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZwCTs-000880-S4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 12:13:17 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout28.012.net.il by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NXL00600ZCAQ100@mtaout28.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:12:08 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NXL00120ZS8UH60@mtaout28.012.net.il>; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:12:08 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <20151110143222.GG2626@acm.fritz.box> 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:193889 Archived-At: > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:32:22 +0000 > From: Alan Mackenzie > Cc: Emacs developers > > On our current release model, we typically have a pre-test phase which > is longer than 6 months. This would have to be compressed, somehow > (assuming we retain the concept of pre-test). Right. And IMO it cannot be compressed without significant changes in the development process. E.g., the documentation of the new features cannot be postponed to the pretest period.