From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Trunk still not open Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:02:53 +0100 Message-ID: <874n31gks2.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <6xwqfxhl88.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83txb1mcsy.fsf@gnu.org> <87siqlku0i.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <878usdgm1e.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83fvmlm7r8.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1394791393 5134 80.91.229.3 (14 Mar 2014 10:03:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:03:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 14 11:03:21 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WOOxU-0006VM-IQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:03:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43744 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WOOxT-0003iO-VL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2014 06:03:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44485) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WOOxQ-0003i5-8K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2014 06:03:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WOOxP-000417-DQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2014 06:03:16 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:46709) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WOOxP-00040m-An for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2014 06:03:15 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53885 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WOOxO-0003zu-Qn; Fri, 14 Mar 2014 06:03:15 -0400 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8100FE9465; Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:02:53 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <83fvmlm7r8.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:47:39 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:170347 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: David Kastrup >> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:35:41 +0100 >> >> Well, one could push them to an "undocumented" branch. That one gets >> rebased from time to time on the trunk, so any commit from there that >> has made it with documentation into the trunk will no longer be in there >> after rebasing. > > This could also work, but IMO this alternative is more complicated > than the other one, and also has the disadvantage that changes appear > on the trunk with delay, which some users might not like. Well, that's the point. A state that isn't an annoyance to anybody is not likely to change. > There's also the danger that core developers will need to have 2 very > active branches to track rather than one. So we should probably go > there only if the others cannot possibly work. This plan will lead to 2 very active branches exactly if the other strategies do not work. If the other strategies do work, the "undocumented" branch will remain dormant anyway. -- David Kastrup