From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Feature freeze on October 1 Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:06:22 +0800 Message-ID: <87pq5fd9td.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87fw6izq6z.fsf@gnu.org> <4311.1348165342@theowa.merten-home.homelinux.org> <87obl0qdj4.fsf@gnu.org> <83obkzygjo.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1348218403 11461 80.91.229.3 (21 Sep 2012 09:06:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:06:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: smerten@oekonux.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 21 11:06:47 2012 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 1TEzC9-0001Rj-2V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:06:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56468 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TEzC4-00084r-ES for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:06:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59405) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TEzC2-00084R-28 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:06:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TEzBu-0003kM-AK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:06:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.160.41]:33081) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TEzBu-0003kE-42; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:06:30 -0400 Original-Received: by pbbro12 with SMTP id ro12so7957248pbb.0 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:06:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=6k/fX/uLk8ijgAwt5wRdCrGMvKhdqsFxFzGau2R1FaY=; b=HExEh9VtcxlsXEl4oo1QQcgGhkax4SuZfh3Q71VG0rHTWz3XebNXkoIU5gyJJLMt54 2ja7qv3I5EdgH/6rieaUmdKYI62ZfJAYBx5435Mu67v2wSKe6JuWZXhmQ5W6/xjYRMqq 4Y7A4NI2jSwu2cUZIokOuMS9oOE1khm40tWn9IForpvtOn3IC9nHr7YnNT63y7XItQS7 dQ0BAhZve61/T36S3lf+UNPWDtjm0OV6N9AOhmPdFKDWaeKkYs9AGyh3QgdZA24ALcUs 7YaNBY/5w9kGcT4j7HQdBNT9BFmCeaJxH8JkNgFNSh7kVkEYOd6HF4bsiHn35EeIxIrP /nig== Original-Received: by 10.68.217.201 with SMTP id pa9mr13821820pbc.45.1348218388689; Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:06:28 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ulysses ([155.69.19.149]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y5sm3839479pav.36.2012.09.21.02.06.25 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:06:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83obkzygjo.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:35:23 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.160.41 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:153426 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> We are planning to experiment with a short freeze this time round. The >> current idea is to freeze for about a month, make the release branch, >> then open the trunk for commits. > > Not sure what would be the difference between one-month freeze and > zero-month freeze. Judging by past experience, the month after the freeze is spent cleaning up various changes squeezed in at (and after) the last minute. A one-month freeze seems like a good solution, to avoid dealing with the hassle of merging to another branch during this period.