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: 12 Apr 2004 23:20:26 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87eks0654s.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> <87n06bp4ng.fsf@sno.mundell.ukfsn.org> <8765cwkejr.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <200404071157.UAA25094@etlken.m17n.org> <200404071312.WAA25268@etlken.m17n.org> <87zn9nqras.fsf@emacswiki.org> <87hdvux5uz.fsf@orebokech.com> <87lll6v514.fsf@orebokech.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1081797870 13982 80.91.224.253 (12 Apr 2004 19:24:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:24:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: romain@orebokech.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 12 21:24:23 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 1BD72d-00019E-00 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:24:23 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BD72d-000463-00 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:24:23 +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 1BD63W-00005L-4T for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:21:14 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BD638-0008Q7-3r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:20:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BD635-0008PD-Uy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:20:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.236] (helo=pfepb.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BD635-0008On-IS; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 14:20:47 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 567CA5EE0E3; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:20:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 17 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:21529 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:21529 Richard Stallman writes: > I still think this is a bad idea -- it cannot be done without potentially > destabilizing the trunk which is currently in a very stable state, and > thus in a pretty unique state of "readiness for release". > > We could urge all the pretesters to try out the unicode branch now. > That way we would get a picture of how far it is from readiness. But the unicode branch is not synchronized with the trunk, so it wouldn't really tell us anything. Even Handa-san says he is in favour of not merging unicode before we have made a major release from trunk. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk