From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs 23.2 plans Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:33:08 +0000 Message-ID: <20091127223308.GB2903@muc.de> References: <87ws21aaiz.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20091110074022.GA1385@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259360894 28856 80.91.229.12 (27 Nov 2009 22:28:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:28:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dave Milter , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 27 23:28:06 2009 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 1NE9IM-0003fc-6q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:28:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35048 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NE9IL-0006Xx-JH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:28:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NE9IE-0006Wd-4k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:27:58 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NE9I9-0006TT-Uy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:27:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56737 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NE9I9-0006TQ-MJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:27:53 -0500 Original-Received: from colin.muc.de ([193.149.48.1]:3538 helo=mail.muc.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NE9I9-0002RK-6p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:27:53 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 62389 invoked by uid 3782); 27 Nov 2009 22:27:51 -0000 Original-Received: from acm.muc.de (pD9E500B2.dip.t-dialin.net [217.229.0.178]) by colin2.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:27:49 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail 7296 invoked by uid 1000); 27 Nov 2009 22:33:08 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091110074022.GA1385@muc.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.5 (Fettercairn) X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 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:117884 Archived-At: Hi again, Yidong, On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 07:40:22AM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi, Yidong, > On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 11:46:44PM -0500, Chong Yidong wrote: > > Stefan and I plan to begin the Emacs 23.2 pretest in the beginning of > > December. Accordingly, we will be imposing a freeze on new features > > (i.e., anything that is not a bugfix) within the next few weeks. The > > target for Emacs 23.2 is March next year; as usual, the actual release > > will depend on how pretesting goes. > > If you are planning to make any significant changes to the tree, please > > let us know ASAP (i.e. now), so that we can plan/comment accordingly. > Yes. I am enhancing CC Mode's function `c-parse-state' so that it can > handle "brace deserts" (source files with few or no braces) at a > tolerable speed. Currently, (in a file supplied by Dave Milter, who > reported the bug), scrolling back a screen from EOB takes several > seconds. > This change involves ~1200 new lines of code in cc-engine.el, and is > about "99% complete". I anticipate commiting it in a few days time, > before the end of the month. I am still expecting to commit this by the end of the month. I have been working intensely on finishing it off, including intensive testing. Please give me a chance to commit before actually setting the pretest off. Thanks! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).