From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [jerome.marant@free.fr: Re: Possible help with stable Emacs releases.] Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:47:14 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040927134714.GA20012@fencepost> References: <1096291271.415813c757a26@imp6-q.free.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1096292875 18071 80.91.229.6 (27 Sep 2004 13:47:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:47:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Kim F. Storm" , Stefan Monnier , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 27 15:47:44 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CBvqy-0000Yh-00 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:47:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CBvxC-00074I-Tb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:54:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CBvx2-00074A-Uu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:54:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CBvx2-00073r-6X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:54:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CBvx1-00073f-Vi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:53:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CBvqa-0008UN-Re for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:47:20 -0400 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CBvqU-0005qR-E0; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:47:14 -0400 Original-To: J?r?me Marant Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1096291271.415813c757a26@imp6-q.free.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:27614 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:27614 On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 03:21:11PM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: > Please comment on my other reply. We do not intend to do anything > with 21.3. This is a general practice that could be started once > the next trunk is released. > You are telling that it is a waste of time: are you saying that > the time we spend providing bugfixes for Debian users of Emacs > is a waste of time? I think it's a great idea if it starts from 21.4 like you said. It would mean that the somewhat moribund "bugfix" branches in Emacs CVS would actually be rather more actively updated, thanks to the Debian maintainers. Since it they're _already_ doing that work (in Debian), it won't mean much extra burden for them. So (1) Emacs users win (get more robust minor bugfix releases), (2) Emacs maintainers win (have happier uers, and can worry less about rushing out major releases because more bugs get fixed in the bug-fix releases), and (3) the Debian maintainers win (by getting a wider audience for their fixes, without all that much extra work). Geez, what's there _not_ to like about this plan...? -Miles -- `There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'