> That's what we did with emacs-24 branch as well.  So this is not a new
> process, it's a continuation of the process we've been practicing for
> several years.
>

Really? I recall the 24.5 release had quite a bit of new content (not just
bug fixes). Were people adding this new content to the release branch or
was 24.5 branched off from master instead of from emacs-24?