From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release update Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:51:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <200812041951.mB4JpIsH003321@mothra.ics.uci.edu> References: <87ej0rs3ey.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1228420319 24374 80.91.229.12 (4 Dec 2008 19:51:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 19:51:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 04 20:53:02 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L8KFo-0007OR-Fx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:52:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36156 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L8KEe-0004M6-0L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:51:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L8KEZ-0004LQ-2R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:51:35 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L8KEX-0004Ki-B1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:51:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52675 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L8KEX-0004Kf-7k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:51:33 -0500 Original-Received: from barrelv2.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.114]:55978) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L8KEW-0000xJ-H5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:51:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by barrelv2.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id mB4JpIX7003915; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:51:22 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: (from dann@localhost) by mothra.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.6/Submit) id mB4JpIsH003321; Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:51:18 -0800 (PST) Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87ej0rs3ey.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> (Chong Yidong's message of "Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:43:01 -0500") Original-Lines: 11 X-ICS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ICS-MailScanner-ID: mB4JpIX7003915 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:106575 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > Hi fellas, > > Here's a short update on the Emacs 23 release process. We are getting May I suggest that writing a release announcement be part of the release process? Something short that summarizes the most important features would be good to give people reasons to look further in NEWS and to upgrade, and it's good for PR. Not everyone wants to read the 2000 lines NEWS file...