From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dave Love Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Several serious problems Date: 04 Sep 2002 18:21:55 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200208190748.QAA14278@etlken.m17n.org> <200208291325.WAA03596@etlken.m17n.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031160152 24961 127.0.0.1 (4 Sep 2002 17:22:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 17:22:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: handa@etl.go.jp, monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, keichwa@gmx.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17mdrK-0006US-00 for ; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 19:22:30 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17meQc-00052j-00 for ; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 19:58:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17mdsv-0001ha-00; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 13:24:09 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17mdqr-0001b4-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 13:22:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17mdqp-0001an-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 13:22:01 -0400 Original-Received: from albion.dl.ac.uk ([148.79.80.39]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17mdqn-0001aP-00; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 13:21:57 -0400 Original-Received: from fx by albion.dl.ac.uk with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17mdqm-0000kA-00; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 18:21:56 +0100 Original-To: rms@gnu.org Original-Lines: 23 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7477 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7477 Richard Stallman writes: > We would not have installed your changes in the trunk if they were > harmful. I was referring to what people have been told about them, including in PROBLEMS. [I'm not sure you'd actually know a priori whether what I installed was harmful; it wasn't properly tested. Obviously I think it's OK modulo the bugs I haven't heard about, but that doesn't mean it couldn't corrupt data.] > The issue about RC is not harm, it is risk of bugs. Any > change has a risk of bugs, even if it is a great improvement. Of course, and I'm surprised at some of what's been added. > But the risk is not proportional to the improvement; they depend on > different factors. In RC we try to keep this risk down. Of course. I happen to be in the best position to evaluate the factors in this case.