From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: please consider emacs-unicode for pervasive changes Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 03:56:29 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200208090756.g797uTN12006@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: <200207181644.g6IGiuv11955@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200207191653.g6JGrpV26904@aztec.santafe.edu> <200207191744.g6JHisp16756@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200207202207.g6KM7ux29310@aztec.santafe.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1028879780 20834 127.0.0.1 (9 Aug 2002 07:56:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 07:56:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, d.love@dl.ac.uk, 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 17d4d9-0005Pv-00 for ; Fri, 09 Aug 2002 09:56:19 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17d4zd-00073Y-00 for ; Fri, 09 Aug 2002 10:19:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17d4ds-0000fh-00; Fri, 09 Aug 2002 03:57:04 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17d4dJ-0000df-00; Fri, 09 Aug 2002 03:56:29 -0400 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g797uTN12006; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 03:56:29 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Original-To: Richard Stallman 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:6392 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:6392 > > - feature freeze on the trunk. > > - create a branch for Emacs_21_4 where we can commit bug-fixes during > > the subsequent debugging+pretest+maintenance period. > > - merge the emacs-unicode changes onto the trunk. > > > > This is unacceptable unless the emacs-unicode changes are almost ready > > for real installation. > > I'm not sure I understand why. The three steps don't need to all take > place at the very same time. > > If all you're proposing for right now is a feature freeze on the > trunk, the question is, do we want one now? I don't think so. > I would like to get the GDB enhancements in. I don't suggest a feature freeze right here and now, but I think it's time to think about it. A list of "things still to be included" would be a first start, so that when those things are all included we can freeze. Stefan