From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: It is time for a feature freeze (it is NOW or never). Date: 02 May 2004 12:06:23 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87hdvux5uz.fsf@orebokech.com> <87lll6v514.fsf@orebokech.com> <200404100109.KAA03816@etlken.m17n.org> <20040501232151.GA10382@fencepost> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083514116 10137 80.91.224.253 (2 May 2004 16:08:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 16:08:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Kenichi Handa , emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun May 02 18:08:27 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BKJVz-0001eK-00 for ; Sun, 02 May 2004 18:08:27 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BKJVz-0003s8-00 for ; Sun, 02 May 2004 18:08:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BKJUe-0003WV-RM for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 02 May 2004 12:07:04 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BKJUY-0003Un-8o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2004 12:06:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BKJU2-0003Fv-3Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2004 12:06:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [206.47.199.165] (helo=simmts7-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BKJU1-0003Fc-PL; Sun, 02 May 2004 12:06:25 -0400 Original-Received: from empanada.local ([67.71.116.192]) by simmts7-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20040502160624.UUAQ13427.simmts7-srv.bellnexxia.net@empanada.local>; Sun, 2 May 2004 12:06:24 -0400 Original-Received: by empanada.local (Postfix, from userid 502) id CDD4017165A; Sun, 2 May 2004 12:06:24 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: <20040501232151.GA10382@fencepost> Original-Lines: 12 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22537 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22537 >> > > So when do we declare "feature freeze" ? May 1st ? >> > May 1st sounds very good to me, >> Too good to be true ? > Um, as you seem to be adding many of the new features these days, why don't > you tell us? As a perpertrator of "last minute feature addition", I can't complain. But in any case I think people should from now on concentrate on bug-fixing (which might include some interface-changes, admittedly). Stefan