From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: mouse-1-click-follows-link Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:28:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8564wi2ag7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: Juanma Barranquero NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1118702842 24081 80.91.229.2 (13 Jun 2005 22:47:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:47:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 14 00:47:21 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dhxhj-0003Yj-V3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:46:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dhxmc-0008Pn-LP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:51:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dhxe2-0005i1-4r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:43:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dhxdl-0005as-7t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:42:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dhxdj-0005Wm-8J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:42:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [64.233.182.198] (helo=nproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DhxQe-0002K8-LX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:29:12 -0400 Original-Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i2so110436nfe for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:28:01 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=eT/vHL82FmDIbs5KV4ZXqG0vrqyp0izAmB3pY78krvRPgLFFGyYFWxwWPbi21bM8qp0JAtNX7lLB00Y00+LBIHqkKZTKmAh3Y/3hMf0KwgerjqgBz1ou1s2ExItK3XN/Z27IlRIi4wVYRUqY6nj7NKr0tJaJl+Dg9bZX+Hy1l4o= Original-Received: by 10.48.249.11 with SMTP id w11mr86322nfh; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:28:01 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.48.250.5 with HTTP; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:28:01 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:38758 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:38758 > though that'll probably be the latest release for many years to come > if the feature freeze continues to be as successful as it has been > over the last year. A (distant) while back, it was proposed to fork for a release and let people do new features' development on the trunk. Richard said that wasn't OK because people would not concentrate on getting the release out; the rationale being that most people rather wants to "play with new features", so to speak, than do the boring footwork needed for a release (at least, that's my recollection of the thread, two years ago or so; sorry if I'm misrepresenting). Basically I think that Richard is right about what would happen, but I'm also cynical enough to see that people often try to do what they want to do, one way or another: and the "success" of the feature freeze seems (to me, anyway) like enough proof of it. I, for one, am not sure anymore what is a new feature and what is not, because it seems to me (but I'm not keeping an account, it's just a gut feeling) that new user options and featurettes are committed day after day after day. So again: please, let's fork, and be *very* strict about what goes into the release branch. If people want to do fruit salad or, as Jason puts it, "technicolor blinking" on the trunk, at least we'll have another couple years or five before the next major release to see things through and reach consensus. --=20 /L/e/k/t/u