From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?Jordi_Guti=C3=A9rrez_Hermoso?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: patch vs. overwrite in bzr Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 12:39:40 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87k42cwys8.fsf@gnu.org> <87limhuldm.fsf@gnu.org> <871uo7g4j6.fsf@gnu.org> <87iphjhbm8.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87398lgrat.fsf_-_@niu.edu> <871uo5c7r0.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87pqbpj5j3.fsf@altern.org> <87aa2szgig.fsf@gnu.org> <87ehs4yrhz.fsf@gnu.org> <87vclg804u.fsf@gmx.de> <87ehs3sxm1.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1333559482 20416 80.91.229.3 (4 Apr 2012 17:11:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 17:11:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Thierry Volpiatto To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 04 19:11:18 2012 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 1SFTjh-0004oD-B8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:11:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41563 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFTFz-00024d-GG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:40:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45765) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFTFs-00023s-EX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:40:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFTFk-0006YO-Cs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:40:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-f177.google.com ([209.85.212.177]:46213) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFTFk-0006Wk-3k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:40:12 -0400 Original-Received: by wibhj13 with SMTP id hj13so360197wib.12 for ; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:40:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=iBkTo3GoGxqktLF743V6rkZL4jpnZdhdt2UzPoPQgKA=; b=Cg5rEHI3auLx2CeIUnou3d/JnnSdRD9/XqQQfQh/7ogDBrbqgTyegZmyA/D/7sDDZt yZQYJGJ+M/8/6FgHTcNakbyuJbDF2koJ3LZwq+irrdG/4Hfz6aBElyuM36FsvV5TaBXF 95+SEsUBGmEKDUsBcFecmVidyG2PnoweIGd0g4rCO/pRTYksAWEMCkaHtY2Gd4qRq5Os 5DdmsQtUoMEFSQ8aBH3WihrR4psdaGIrqSerslpxvEc3wUMqqYuhHBXpOjKaR3qlOsmy A16aTOGetk89NH4pYr0LNI1wTBVlCO9qcWE32HsegHafczl5xs2FSD2q9Q0QpxM2t5L9 tlwQ== Original-Received: by 10.180.105.69 with SMTP id gk5mr7999054wib.3.1333557580889; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:39:40 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.216.15.1 with HTTP; Wed, 4 Apr 2012 09:39:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: PZaHY1kqfrFIJKzpGCo9br4UUNs X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.212.177 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:149373 Archived-At: On 4 April 2012 09:20, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> I never understood why Emacs have not a developing branch to continue >> developing new features during the feature freeze. > > This is because we do not believe we have the manpower to keep two > active branches, and that most people would just keep on using the > `trunk' rather than help debug the feature-frozen branch. > > Whether this belief is warranted, I do not know, sadly. > I would be open to experiment with the alternative, >From one gnu to another, I think you should experiment. In Octave, during release time we merge dev to stable, everyone regularly builds stable, RC tarballs get released, people build them and report them, and eventually the grand stable release is made, which is still maintained in a separate stable branch. Meanwhile, dev goes on its merry way, reguarly getting merged from stable, and people who don't care about release schedules keep playing in dev. Octave has a much smaller dev community than Emacs, and it seems to work for us. - Jordi G. H.