From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs 29.3 released Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 21:29:44 +0200 Message-ID: <86wmprjumv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86edbzyavw.fsf@gnu.org> <87r0fzsbxz.fsf@gmx.de> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26631"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 24 20:30:26 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1roTY2-0006oV-0N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2024 20:30:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1roTXV-0002VH-7M; Sun, 24 Mar 2024 15:29:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1roTXS-0002Uw-9p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2024 15:29:51 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1roTXR-0007Jc-Os; Sun, 24 Mar 2024 15:29:49 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=Fdp6J0rN+IBGuwLUACJYb699aPee8VtCLNZ0NFfS3o8=; b=Z+vPEKVHw+0e dBIqOYDKDUNreqsoQTOlboe7s7TJmuktAftGEaYfK7oGX4uWjq8kY8Tom/JxyywVQC6hlBtdWMOC4 ihaSHdUkWwAEUxx87nA8RGr5dn99hbkBu6Azpwgb1Qv2BvgGrVWrIqQZIjwXtblI5icbpdTfVnyrG M8n1bQc8U0IoSnrLq/DDf93VixFOuattmvKiS2Zyh0C/+e+QTEdvj7uaO7P+mSoZLZcCPCk9m6u79 JdZL3iIKWUjwwjNc1luqhbpwE3/FY/+NpS7v671eYR5kcUgNoBV6HN1uLsRAu7i4GutzMK9TJ5OFH Ivm81+LlJwcVbct0Ip6ImQ==; In-Reply-To: <87r0fzsbxz.fsf@gmx.de> (message from Michael Albinus on Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:48:40 +0100) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:317268 Archived-At: > From: Michael Albinus > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:48:40 +0100 > > > Emacs 29.3 is an emergency bugfix release; it includes no new features > > except a small number of changes intended to resolve security > > vulnerabilities uncovered in Emacs 29.2. See the file etc/NEWS in the > > tarball; you can view it from Emacs by typing 'C-h n', or by clicking > > Help->Emacs News from the menu bar. > > I know, an emergency release is an emergency release. But w/o any hint > that it will happen, we have inconsistencies. For example, Emacs 29.3 > claims to carry Tramp 2.6.3-pre, which is unfortune. How did that happen? Which change to emacs-29 branch caused that, and why was that change installed on the release branch? > A short warning that the release will happen, with a short timeout until > it happens, would have been appreciated. > > Or did I miss such an announcement? You didn't. Since this was due to security issues, there was no advance announcement.