From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: GIT mirror of Lisp dev sources [was: Char-folding: how can we implement matching...] Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 13:18:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <0239bc4e-2682-4d73-a8ba-c5030c9fd28e@default> References: <8737vm2fan.fsf@red-bean.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1449004722 6457 80.91.229.3 (1 Dec 2015 21:18:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 21:18:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel To: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com, Karl Fogel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 01 22:18:29 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a3sJh-0000Gs-5z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 22:18:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54930 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a3sJg-0006IF-K5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:18:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55355) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a3sJQ-0006Hr-On for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:18:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a3sJP-0002sB-TK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:18:12 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:31884) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a3sJL-0002rt-P2; Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:18:07 -0500 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id tB1LI4aT022367 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 1 Dec 2015 21:18:04 GMT Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id tB1LI4NQ017367 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Tue, 1 Dec 2015 21:18:04 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0002.oracle.com (abhmp0002.oracle.com [141.146.116.8]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id tB1LI2Am023686; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 21:18:02 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:195721 Archived-At: > > > (Why doesn't master hold the latest developments, just as > > > (IIUC) it has always done in the past?) > > > > During release stabilization, at least in recent releases that > > I can remember, the maintainers have asked that changes go to > > the release branch first and then get ported to 'master' later.=C2=A0= =20 >=20 > Except for new features, that is. The emacs-25 branch is for > refining what will get release. The master branch is still > the place where we add brand new stuff. This is a new feature, is it not? Are we supposed to look to `master' only for an initial implementation of a new feature, and then look to an `emacs-N' branch for its post-branching improvement?