From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: It is time for a feature freeze (it is NOW or never). Date: 03 May 2004 07:44:18 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <16533.14869.127534.911979@nick.uklinux.net> <20040503001844.BB2C.LEKTU@mi.madritel.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083570856 32081 80.91.224.253 (3 May 2004 07:54:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 07:54:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon May 03 09:54:04 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 1BKYH6-0001y6-00 for ; Mon, 03 May 2004 09:54:04 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BKYH5-0002Ny-00 for ; Mon, 03 May 2004 09:54:03 +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 1BKYDS-00049m-9V for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 03 May 2004 03:50:18 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BKYCY-0003n5-BX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 May 2004 03:49:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BKY8O-0002Ch-FA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 May 2004 03:45:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BKY8N-0002Bm-Lo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 May 2004 03:45:03 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 83963 invoked from network); 3 May 2004 07:45:01 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 3 May 2004 07:45:01 -0000 Original-To: Juanma Barranquero In-Reply-To: <20040503001844.BB2C.LEKTU@mi.madritel.es> Original-Lines: 20 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:22585 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22585 Juanma Barranquero writes: > On 02 May 2004 15:16:56 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > No, we want people to stop working on features and work on > > bugfixing instead. > > I've been trying to finish the help-highlight-argument stuff in time to > install it before the freeze. It's tiny and it can be removed easily if > some problem arises. > > I'd like an OK or three before install it, though. In my book "feature freeze" does not completely exclude tiny enhancements (like this one) going in; rather it is a "state of mind" on the developers concentrating on _finalizing_ what's already there rather than _adding_ new stuff. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk