From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New branch Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:08:52 +0200 Message-ID: <837hr2szrv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87aavyt3u1.fsf@telefonica.net> <87mxzyvvip.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1264713031 7598 80.91.229.12 (28 Jan 2010 21:10:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:10:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 28 22:10:28 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NabdD-0008GQ-SS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:10:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39488 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NabdD-0001t1-AZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:10:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nabd5-0001q4-6B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:10:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nabcz-0001lU-NY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:10:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37300 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nabcz-0001lL-EF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:10:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:58444) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Nabcw-00082y-QJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:10:12 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KWZ00J006QTNT00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:08:53 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.180.161]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KWZ00JGN6QSAC10@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:08:53 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87mxzyvvip.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il 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:120617 Archived-At: > From: Chong Yidong > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:12:30 -0500 > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org >=20 > =C3=93scar Fuentes writes: >=20 > > This is correct. But you have to think too about the branches out= there > > that are pointing to upstream branches... >=20 > Yes, and the idea is to use trunk as a signal for development > priorities. Right now, we want the focus to be on fixing bugs, so = the > Emacs 23.2 code is on trunk. The `pending' branch is for those few= who > are looking ahead to Emacs 24, but we don't want that to encourage = that > for the bulk of developers, yet. But the disadvantages pointed out by =C3=93scar of changing the seman= tics of trunk, pending, and other non-specific names, are real. So I'd really prefer that we use a special branch for releasing 23.2, leavin= g the trunk for future versions, because then the semantics of trunk would not change under our feet one day.