From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: It is time for a feature freeze (it is NOW or never). Date: 05 May 2004 11:24:37 +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> <200404100109.KAA03816@etlken.m17n.org> <2004050 NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083749656 23928 80.91.224.253 (5 May 2004 09:34:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 09:34:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, storm@cua.dk Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed May 05 11:34:08 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 1BLIn1-0000M1-00 for ; Wed, 05 May 2004 11:34:07 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BLIn1-0006re-00 for ; Wed, 05 May 2004 11:34:07 +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 1BLIjg-0002BN-AS for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 05 May 2004 05:30:40 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BLIhE-0000ra-Gm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 May 2004 05:28:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BLIel-0007o6-1d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 May 2004 05:26:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BLIdy-0007GC-0G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 May 2004 05:24:46 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BLIdr-0004hk-EI; Wed, 05 May 2004 05:24:39 -0400 Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200405050023.i450NYi23261@raven.dms.auburn.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-Lines: 18 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:22791 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22791 Luc Teirlinck writes: > I personally believe that the most logical thing would be to call the > next release "21.4". The NEWS has always described all changes as to > be made in 21.4. The NEWS in CVS is read by developers. Nobody ever claimed that it was a realiable document before the release. > Skipping a number like "21.5" might confuse people and make them > believe that there was a "21.4" which they somehow "missed". If a > sysadmin updates to 21.5, I am sure plenty of people are going to > believe there was a 21.4, which just never got updated to, Well, if they believe that, where is the problem? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum