From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: pdbtrack Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:44:43 -0500 Message-ID: References: <18363.37318.759923.736701@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <2cd46e7f0802211440i44f1efc5n19e892066a63ece9@mail.gmail.com> <2cd46e7f0802221000t3e810a39j89b897a19dbef9a2@mail.gmail.com> <18367.11182.857700.825250@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <2cd46e7f0802231516kf83a804xc3d4ec30d336909a@mail.gmail.com> <18368.63292.928006.747865@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <2cd46e7f0802240900y2519a7das423a3d6b3a117acc@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203886337 14442 80.91.229.12 (24 Feb 2008 20:52:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:52:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Glenn Morris , Nick Roberts , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Ken Manheimer" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 24 21:52:42 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JTNpt-00047h-3l for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:52:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTNpN-0004mc-B6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:52:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTNoc-0004RP-B8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:51:18 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTNoY-0004QI-Qj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:51:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTNoY-0004QE-If for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:51:14 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JTNoU-0004LT-J1; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:51:10 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAEdnwUdMCpz5Wmdsb2JhbACQUQEgmQaBAA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,398,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="14906642" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 24 Feb 2008 15:51:09 -0500 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([76.10.156.249]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id EWX70709; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:51:09 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3BBC3B422C; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:44:43 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <2cd46e7f0802240900y2519a7das423a3d6b3a117acc@mail.gmail.com> (Ken Manheimer's message of "Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:00:05 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:90282 Archived-At: >> >> that is a good idea - both adding a manual entry for it and getting a >> >> jump start by adopting material from what i already wrote. i'll try >> >> to get to it soon - is there a particular date impending for the next >> >> emacs minor release? >> >> > The next minor release (Emacs 22.2) will be made shortly from the >> > branch EMACS_22_BASE but I installed the changes for pdbtrack on the >> > trunk from where the next _major_ release will be made (Emacs 23.1?). >> > I don't want to disappoint you but the release period between Emacs >> > 21.1 and Emacs 22.1 was five and a half years. The release of 23.1 >> > might be quicker, now that RMS is stepping down as maintainer, but >> > I would still be surprised if it was under two years given that >> > emacs-unicode-2 has recently been merged to the trunk. >> >> We could add it for Emacs-22.3, if Ken wants to go through the >> extra trouble. > i would like to see the changes released. what's the "extra trouble"? Back port the changes on the 22 branch (after 22.2 is released) and then keep debugging it there, while keeping the changes syncs on the trunk even if the trunk's version changes differently. Of course, we don't actually know yet whether there will be a 22.3 release. Stefan