From: "Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: CVS is the `released version'
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 19:56:01 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1HlsGX-0027M2C@rattlesnake.com> (raw)
Remember, for many people, but not for many moderns, CVS provides the
`released version' of GNU Emacs. It is the prime version used by
those who contribute. It is not a binary that cannot be changed.
Once in a while, development needs to be frozen while bugs are fixed.
Since more and more people are coming to think of or are forced to use
big numbered releases and eschew the daily releases, they view a delay
between one big numbered release and another as bad. But those who
enjoy daily releases hardly notice.
I suspect we are seeing a conflict between cultures: on the one hand,
those who install a new release of GNU Emacs every day or almost every
day and, on the other hand, those who look for big numbered releases,
such as that from Emacs 21 to Emacs 22.
The world is tending towards those who look for big numbered releases
even though most contributions are small.
--
Robert J. Chassell GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8
bob@rattlesnake.com bob@gnu.org
http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc
next reply other threads:[~2007-05-09 19:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 146+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-09 19:56 Robert J. Chassell [this message]
2007-05-09 19:59 ` CVS is the `released version' Thomas Hühn
2007-05-10 2:00 ` Robert J. Chassell
2007-05-10 6:03 ` Thomas Hühn
2007-05-10 11:43 ` Robert J. Chassell
2007-05-10 11:47 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-10 6:58 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-10 11:58 ` Andrea Russo
2007-05-10 12:34 ` Thomas Hühn
2007-05-09 20:12 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-10 2:18 ` Chong Yidong
2007-05-10 18:24 ` Ken Manheimer
2007-05-10 19:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-11 18:48 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-11 20:19 ` joakim
2007-05-12 16:47 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-12 20:26 ` joakim
2007-05-13 8:49 ` Ryan Yeske
2007-05-13 9:38 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-13 11:28 ` Ralf Angeli
2007-05-13 12:53 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-14 1:43 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-14 8:09 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-14 15:19 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-14 18:29 ` Ryan Yeske
2007-05-16 2:23 ` Mike Mattie
2007-05-14 1:17 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-14 5:06 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2007-05-14 6:47 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-14 15:07 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-14 17:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-14 6:41 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-14 8:02 ` joakim
2007-05-14 15:10 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-14 18:41 ` Ryan Yeske
2007-05-14 19:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-05-14 19:16 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-14 22:36 ` Ryan Yeske
2007-05-16 15:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-17 12:43 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-17 14:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-15 23:52 ` thorne
2007-05-18 23:10 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-18 23:31 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-19 22:31 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-19 22:33 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-20 17:05 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-20 21:45 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-21 5:19 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-21 10:33 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-21 10:46 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-21 18:36 ` JD Smith
2007-05-21 18:47 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-21 18:51 ` Chong Yidong
2007-05-21 19:02 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-22 14:52 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-25 21:13 ` Ken Manheimer
2007-05-25 21:24 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-26 7:01 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-28 3:10 ` dhruva
2007-05-29 0:02 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-29 6:21 ` dhruva
2007-05-29 9:30 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-05-29 10:30 ` Frank Schmitt
2007-05-29 14:36 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-05-29 14:45 ` Frank Schmitt
2007-05-29 17:49 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-05-29 22:00 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-30 15:43 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-30 16:15 ` joakim
2007-06-02 17:29 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-03 9:56 ` Frank Schmitt
2007-05-30 15:44 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-30 21:55 ` Frank Schmitt
2007-05-31 22:32 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-30 4:27 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-03 3:23 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-22 8:30 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-21 16:33 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-21 18:32 ` CVS is the `released version' (ELL and the ohio lisp archive) Stephen Eglen
2007-05-24 21:22 ` CVS is the `released version' Richard Stallman
2007-05-24 21:58 ` New Extensions (was: Re: CVS is the `released version') Henrik Enberg
2007-05-24 21:22 ` CVS is the `released version' Richard Stallman
2007-05-21 12:03 ` Robert J. Chassell
2007-05-21 12:13 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-21 12:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-21 13:18 ` jasonr
2007-05-21 15:39 ` Robert J. Chassell
2007-05-22 10:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-22 11:18 ` Robert J. Chassell
2007-05-22 13:36 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-22 15:19 ` Robert J. Chassell
2007-05-22 15:37 ` Jason Rumney
2007-05-22 15:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-22 17:24 ` Robert J. Chassell
2007-05-23 14:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-23 15:02 ` Jason Rumney
2007-05-23 19:08 ` Robert J. Chassell
2007-05-21 2:57 ` Bob Rogers
2007-05-21 13:24 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-21 16:22 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-21 12:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-21 16:41 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-21 19:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-22 4:38 ` Xavier Maillard
2007-05-20 7:54 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-20 21:53 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-21 5:24 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-21 5:53 ` dhruva
2007-05-21 6:51 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-21 8:47 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-05-21 9:22 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-21 13:24 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-21 13:51 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-24 21:22 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-21 10:17 ` package.el (was: Re: CVS is the `released version') David Reitter
2007-05-21 17:40 ` package.el Tom Tromey
2007-05-21 18:13 ` package.el David Kastrup
2007-05-21 22:43 ` package.el David Reitter
2007-05-21 22:51 ` package.el Tom Tromey
2007-05-21 23:48 ` package.el Davis Herring
2007-05-21 23:56 ` package.el Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-05-25 21:39 ` package.el Tom Tromey
2007-05-27 1:00 ` package.el Richard Stallman
2007-05-21 23:50 ` package.el David Reitter
2007-05-21 23:44 ` package.el Tom Tromey
2007-05-22 2:21 ` package.el Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-05-22 10:18 ` package.el Stefan Monnier
2007-05-21 22:57 ` package.el David Kastrup
2007-05-20 22:05 ` CVS is the `released version' Richard Stallman
2007-05-19 22:31 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-19 22:31 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-20 17:05 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-20 21:23 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-21 12:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-21 13:03 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-21 14:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-05-21 16:50 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-22 14:51 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-22 6:10 ` Trent Buck
2007-05-22 7:56 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-24 21:22 ` Richard Stallman
2007-05-10 20:42 ` David Kastrup
2007-05-10 23:05 ` Lukasz Stafiniak
2007-05-10 23:23 ` Davis Herring
2007-05-11 12:31 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
List information: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=m1HlsGX-0027M2C@rattlesnake.com \
--to=bob@rattlesnake.com \
--cc=emacs-devel@gnu.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
Code repositories for project(s) associated with this public inbox
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).