From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Major update just committed Date: 01 Jun 2003 13:58:25 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20030529190715.40E0.LEKTU@terra.es> <20030530092229.81D3.JMBARRANQUERO@laley.wke.es> <200305312033.h4VKXbcJ000827@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054472528 5037 80.91.224.249 (1 Jun 2003 13:02:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 13:02:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 01 15:02:06 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19MSTO-0001J7-00 for ; Sun, 01 Jun 2003 15:02:06 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19MSjW-0001oE-00 for ; Sun, 01 Jun 2003 15:18:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19MSRE-0001L7-7E for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 01 Jun 2003 08:59:52 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19MSQn-0000un-LL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Jun 2003 08:59:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19MSQj-0000hN-3P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Jun 2003 08:59:22 -0400 Original-Received: from server0011.freedom2surf.net ([194.106.56.14] helo=server0027.freedom2surf.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19MSQT-0008Ml-M9; Sun, 01 Jun 2003 08:59:05 -0400 Original-Received: from wanchan.jasonr.f2s.com ([195.137.103.251]) h51CwxCb024274; Sun, 1 Jun 2003 12:59:00 GMT Original-Received: from NYAUMO (nyaumo.jasonr.f2s.com [10.0.0.27]) by wanchan.jasonr.f2s.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3A07DDF15; Sun, 1 Jun 2003 13:58:58 +0100 (BST) Original-To: "Stefan Monnier" In-Reply-To: <200305312033.h4VKXbcJ000827@rum.cs.yale.edu> Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-cc: Richard Stallman Original-cc: eliz@elta.co.il Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-cc: lektu@terra.es X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:14548 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14548 "Stefan Monnier" writes: > If we have another branch (other than unicode) for major changes, > then we will not really focus on the trunk, methinks. I am more worried that the opposite will happen. Casual users will only ever look at the trunk, so if we branch for a 21.5 release, it will not get much attention. > So I think we should do like we did for 21.1 and like most projects > do AFAIK, which is to say "freeze", spend some months debugging > and then (and only then) make a new branch (which is the release branch). > During the debugging phase people should just refrain from any "major work" > which would distract them from debugging. When this "refraining" because > too difficult, it's a sign that there isn't enough debugging to do any more, > so it's a good time to branch. We have the unicode branch already. If people cannot resist making major changes, they can use that.