From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Getting start on Emacs 25.2 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:57:02 +0100 Message-ID: <87zin0149t.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <83mvj5i8ab.fsf@gnu.org> <83y42nhmmo.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1474550992 6032 195.159.176.226 (22 Sep 2016 13:29:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:29:52 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: John Wiegley , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 22 15:29:45 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bn44A-0007gi-7e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:29:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44722 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bn446-0004J6-2y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:29:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36113) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bn3Yx-0006q2-GU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:57:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bn3Yw-0008JB-PI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:57:15 -0400 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([31.216.48.48]:49662) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bn3Yl-0008Dm-Ts; Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:57:04 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From; bh=lDaccuOUyBJi41auAsUMj5SAi735UseMdKVt2Kz48mE=; b=xGVSp/cvHG3Hq9nJ+DPB/+1Qr7 iqN8I2hoCBurgBmj5x6SQbgL16mOMPiYwO27QtnJJFSnN38lmlFFXyoIg3jzIOuuistPTyvAm61Yi 51fF7msK5lYLXXmUUDDs5uf6dSl/+fDKVyzgQ1NQLpBGLLyxqHSLx8myOr8FaJE+eMokVxT+ibo0Y L5cZYVYhwdXEWiCGrINadVNX9vOxnRk8KJV5sqVGiye4f8Ib0H44U3R5xJAtLQP6y/DhnkF5cTI5e nyFV0zTcJ6tQfLbXWX9cCIvEALjTTuVSgVgwN0kLv1f9zO7UZ9eW+WgOOmKHK4frW+38qOg3+qOQx YR212Yqw==; Original-Received: from [5.148.46.34] (port=50832 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.86_1) (envelope-from ) id 1bn3Yl-000BsV-41; Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:57:03 +0100 In-Reply-To: <83y42nhmmo.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:37:03 +0300") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cloud103.planethippo.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - russet.org.uk X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cloud103.planethippo.com: authenticated_id: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Authenticated-Sender: cloud103.planethippo.com: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 31.216.48.48 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:207694 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: John Wiegley >> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org >> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 12:41:44 -0700 >> >> >>>>> Eli Zaretskii writes: >> >> > Alternatively, we could decide that 25.2 will be a bugfix only >> > release, in which case none of the changes on master should be in it, >> > only bugs that will be reported hence about the released version. >> >> I think 25.2 should be a bugfix only release, happening very soon. > > Then we'd need a good definition of what changes constitute a > "bugfix". I don't think anyone has managed that for any form of software. A working rule of thumb is the best we are likely to get, but that should be enough. Phil